5 A history of mountain runaways and rescue
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Martina Tazzioli
Abstract
This chapter situates current migrant passages at the French–Italian Alpine border into a global history of runaways. Building on archival research and oral history, it retraces the history of mountain rescue on the Alps from the point of view of the accidental encounters between rescuers and migrants in the past. It interrogates how the memory of those encounters and of past movements fighting for social justice have informed current mobilisations in support of migrants in transit. The chapter argues that mobile infrastructures of solidarity at the border reveal transversal alliances that partly unsettle the migrant/citizen divide.
Abstract
This chapter situates current migrant passages at the French–Italian Alpine border into a global history of runaways. Building on archival research and oral history, it retraces the history of mountain rescue on the Alps from the point of view of the accidental encounters between rescuers and migrants in the past. It interrogates how the memory of those encounters and of past movements fighting for social justice have informed current mobilisations in support of migrants in transit. The chapter argues that mobile infrastructures of solidarity at the border reveal transversal alliances that partly unsettle the migrant/citizen divide.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1 The zero- sum rights game 11
- 2 ‘Confine to protect’ 46
- 3 Participatory confinement 80
- 4 Towards a genealogy of migrant struggles and border violence 106
- 5 A history of mountain runaways and rescue 136
- Conclusion 158
- References 165
- Index 185
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1 The zero- sum rights game 11
- 2 ‘Confine to protect’ 46
- 3 Participatory confinement 80
- 4 Towards a genealogy of migrant struggles and border violence 106
- 5 A history of mountain runaways and rescue 136
- Conclusion 158
- References 165
- Index 185
