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Absent Tech: Data, Violence and (Non)Credibility at the EU Borders
ABSTRACT The digitisation of borders has permeated academic and political debates, the image of ‘digital fortress Europe’ becoming normalised and taken for granted. This ‘taken for grantedness’, however, clashes with the reality on the ground and has important implications for migrants' rights and credibility.
Lucrezia Canzutti
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Present knowledge of the Entomofauna of the Maltese Islands [PDF]
The Maltese Islands' strategic position in the centre of the Mediterranean basin and in between the Siculo Tunisian sill, always encouraged a number of foreign naturalists to visit and study their local entomofauna.
Mifsud, David
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‘Borderizing’ the Island Setting and Narratives of the Lampedusa ‘Border Play’
ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol. 13 No.
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ABSTRACT This paper interrogates the making of digital subjectivities that stem from the multiple data extractions that migrants experience. It argues that the digitalisation of the border regime does not produce data doubles as discrete and intelligible objects of knowledge; rather, it generates scattered digital subjectivities. Relatedly, it contends
Martina Tazzioli
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The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Maltese Archipelago [PDF]
Fourteen pselaphines are recorded from the Maltese Islands three of which are recorded for the first time: Rybaxis longicornis, Tychus jacquelinii, and T. pici.
Mifsud, David, Sabella, Giorgio
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First data on microflora of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests from the coastlines of Sicily [PDF]
Caretta caretta is threatened by many dangers in the Mediterranean basin, but most are human-related. The purposes of this research were: (i) to investigate microflora in samples from six loggerhead sea turtle nests located on the Sicilian coast and (ii)
Arculeo, Marco +12 more
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Definition of Seismic Vulnerability Maps for Civil Protection Systems: The Case of Lampedusa Island [PDF]
The opportunity to locate and quantify the major criticalities associated to natural catastrophic events on a territory allows to plan adequate strategies and interventions by civil protection bodies involved in local and international emergencies. Seismic risk depends, most of all, on the vulnerability of buildings belonging to the urban areas.
Asteris, P. +4 more
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Political Economy of Renewables Capitalism: Moving beyond ‘Climate Change’ vs ‘System Change’
ABSTRACT There is a growing tendency to argue that the capitalist mode of production is fundamentally incompatible with climate stability and that ‘system change’ is needed to prevent apocalyptic ‘climate change’. This position overstates capitalism's dependence on fossil fuels.
Murat Arsel, Alfredo Saad‐Filho
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A review of the Anthicidae of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) (Coleoptera) [PDF]
Based on the study of about 900 specimens collected recently and at the beginning of the last century, information on the Anthicidae fauna of the Maltese Islands is updated.
Mifsud, David, Nardi, Gianluca
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Migration, the Archive, and the Map
ABSTRACT In recent years, archiving and countermapping have emerged as popular and powerful instruments to represent unauthorized migrations and criticize contemporary border regimes. This resulted in a variety of political projects involving academics, migrants, and advocacy groups, using archiving and mapmaking as vectors of dissensus and affirming ...
Ettore Asoni
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