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Since 2011, 5.6 million people have fled Syria due to ongoing conflict. In Turkey alone, 3.6 million Syrians are confronted with a series of constraints once in the host country. This paper analyses, within the context of urban exile in Turkey, the different experiences and survival strategies of Syrians who are modulated by particular relations of race, class and gender. It aims to explain how refugees manage to create their own visibility in this new space full of limitations, and further explores how their newfound participation in these urban areas can deconstruct dominant representations of refugees, who are otherwise seen as threats or as voiceless victims. In all, this paper aims to go beyond the vulnerability of refugees, without neglecting the violence they endure. To do so, the study was conducted using a series of semi-structured interviews, complemented by an ethnological approach.
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This book brings an intersectional perspective to border studies, drawing on case studies from across the world to consider the ways in which notably gender and race dynamics change the ways in which people cross international borders, and how diffuse and virtual borders impact on migrants' experiences.By bringing together 11 ethnographies, the book demonstrates the necessity for in-depth empirical research to understand the class, gender and race inequalities that shape contemporary borders. In doing so the volume sheds light on how migration control produces gendered violence at physical borders but also through the politics of vulnerability across borders and social boundaries. It places embodied narratives at the heart of the analysis which sheds light on the agency and the many patterns of resistance of migrants themselves.As such, it will appeal to scholars of migration and diaspora studies with interests in gender

Cette contribution propose une approche intersectionnelle des frontières en examinant comment les dynamiques de genre, de classe et de race, notamment, modifient la manière dont les individus franchissent les frontières internationales, et comment les frontières internes (sociales, administratives, symboliques), bien qu'immatérielles, affectent les expériences des personnes migrantes. Cet article s'appuie sur les recherches présentées dans le livre The Gender of Borders. Embodied Narratives of Migration, Violence and Agency (Routledge, 2023). L'article souligne la nécessité d'une recherche empirique approfondie et « incarnée » pour déceler les rapports de pouvoir qui façonnent les frontières contemporaines. Le texte met en lumière les inégalités et les violences genrées produites par les régimes migratoires contemporains, mais aussi les formes de résistance qui leur sont opposées. Nous nous proposons également de déconstruire plusieurs figures genrées de la migration que les espaces frontaliers cristallisent. Enfin, nous nous intéressons à ce que les politiques d'aide aux personnes dites « vulnérables » produisent au croisement des rapports de genre et des régimes de migration et d'asile.