Linn Axelsson

Linn Axelsson is a researcher of human geography at Stockholm University. In this talk, Linn Axelsson reflect on their journey within critical border studies, examining borders not as fixed lines but as fluid, spatially and temporally ambiguous constructs. Initially drawn to the temporal dimensions of borders — how deadlines, time limits, and intervals shape migrants’ mobility, and their inclusion and exclusion — they soon realized that these temporal dynamics cannot be understood in isolation from their spatialities. Thus, building on the somewhat fragile notion of border time-paces, Linn Axelsson explore how borders, in their evolving spatiotemporal forms, create shifting tempos and rhythms of connectivity and discontinuity, insides and outsides, and presences and absences. 

The presentation will be followed by a discussion with and questions from participants. 

This seminar is held on Zoom. Find the link here: www.cors.lu.se/en/times-spaces-borders

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About the series

The seminar series Circulations and Locality in Critical Border Studies is arranged by the Öresund Comparative Borderland Research Group, funded by CEMES.