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Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of ‘The Field’ (2014)
Journal Article
Darling, J. (2014). Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of ‘The Field’. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 6(2), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huu011

Entering ‘the field’ can be a daunting, demanding and at times bewildering experience, with researchers negotiating a myriad of assumptions, expectations and motivations. Whilst early career researchers and doctoral students may be trained in theorie... Read More about Emotions, Encounters and Expectations: The Uncertain Ethics of ‘The Field’.

Another Letter from the Home Office: Reading the Material Politics of Asylum (2014)
Journal Article
Darling, J. (2014). Another Letter from the Home Office: Reading the Material Politics of Asylum. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32(3), 484-500. https://doi.org/10.1068/d13067p

In an era of technologically mediated modes of border enforcement, this paper focuses upon a seemingly more anachronistic mode of governmental intervention: That of the letter. Exploring the use of letters by the UK Border Agency to communicate decis... Read More about Another Letter from the Home Office: Reading the Material Politics of Asylum.