Researchers on the border. We are documenting and researching humanitarian crisis on the PL-BY border. Grupa badawcza, badająca i dokumentująca kryzys na granicy PL-BY.https://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3mkpfeqlitc24Last couple of days were super intense and enriching as our 4th international Seminar on the Border took place. This time we talk about „Reinterpretations: Transforming Borderscapes Through Infrastructure, Opression, and Resistance”.30 Apr 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpfeqlitc24https://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3m3jzg2f5us26Trwa drugi dzień naszego seminarium na granicy po wakacyjnej przerwie, zapraszamy do zgłoszeń na kolejne: 6-7.12 (sobota-niedziela) 15-16.01.2026 (czwartek-piątek) 28.02-1.03. 2026 (sobota-niedziela) 23-26.04.2025 (czwartek-niedziela) - seminarium międzynarodowe 11-12.06.2025 (czwartek-piątek)19 Oct 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3jzg2f5us26https://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lzsxkfp33k2xWe talked at the annual conference of Committee on Migration Research of Polish Academy of Science abt ongoing humanitarian crisis on Poland-Belarus border, especially after the suspension of right to asylum, introduced by the pro-european & liberal Civic Coalition. All quiet on the Eastern border.27 Sep 2025 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzsxkfp33k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lwyeeznh6k2i💜✊ Human rights defender #IevaRaubiško has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service—for helping 5 asylum seekers survive at the Latvia–Belarus border. 🌍💔 Compassion is not a crime. Solidarity with Ieva! #SolidarityWithIeva #HumanRights 👉 shorturl.at/na8lZ22 Aug 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwyeeznh6k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lsodkaqn5k2wWe brought the discussion abt the EU-Belarus border to @associationruta.bsky.social annual conference, where we shared the reflections on hostile environment & whiteness on the border during the ongoing humanitarian crisis and ethnographic walk in the borderland as a research method28 Jun 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsodkaqn5k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lpehr4hxsc2xNiezmiennie zachęcamy do zgłoszeń do naszej sesji! Termin --> 20 maja Szczegóły w poście poniżej! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpehr4hxsc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3ln3xv325wk2cNadchodzi termin zgłoszeń na kolejną konferencję Komitetu Badań nad Migracjami - 13.05. Zapraszamy do zgłoszeń i refleksji dot. kolejnego roku trwania kryzysu humanitarnego na granicy polsko-białoruskiej, szczegóły poniżej 👇 i pod linkiem: https://www.umcs.pl/pl/aktualnosci,31687,iii-komunikat-konferencyjny,164920.chtm18 Apr 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3xv325wk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lmoxhnsdt22m25. Seminar on the Border is coming to a close. Our discussion unfolded against the backdrop of the suspension of the right to asylum in PL. Research on the border, discursive militarisation & hidden racism, East–West inequalities, and Europeanisation as violence remains more important than ever.13 Apr 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoxhnsdt22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lkjhcdxehk2uCheck this map and wander on the border area discovering 20 places defining the humanitarian crisis on Poland’s border with Belarus: mapa.bbng.org/en The map is an idea and creation of #IngaHajdarowicz in cooperation with the team, see photo:16 Mar 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkjhcdxehk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3ljf5juqncc2uYesterday, within our 3rd International Seminar, we participated in a guided tour to Białowieża forest to see how militarisation of this UNESCO heritage site destroys nature and wildlife there. Photo by Mateusz Krępa showing the sign of no-go zone next to the border with Belarus.02 Mar 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljf5juqncc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3ljcseqhvbs2uSecond day of our meeting continues, with participants listening to researchers entanglements and ethical challenges in the fieldwork & continuing their solidarity work started yesterday during the textile workshop „Strenght of Threads”, initiated by Marijana Hameršak [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2025 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcseqhvbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3ljamg3abzs2aToday, we started presentations and discussions during sessions & over food provided by our local friends from Białowieża. Great opportunity to discuss research informed also by the scholar's own experience of migration. You can join us on-line (link in previous posts). Phot. Piotr Winiarczyk. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljamg3abzs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lj5jnhekfk2nAnd here we are! Soon our seminar space will be full of people, and those of you who want to join us online - please register, the link is below 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5jnhekfk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3li7plz2ipk23This is exciting! Our 3rd international seminar is taking place in two weeks, in Podlasie. The theme is: Researching, Archiving, Memory-Making. Methodologies and Ethics of Research (and Activism) on the Border. Registration: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/meeting/register/mid9w1D6QYyee3ldtsTxnA15 Feb 2025 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3li7plz2ipk23https://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lgse62jt222jFive people who provide humanitarian aid on PL-BY border face criminal charges. The trial continues today. More information in Eng. about the #h5: szpila.blackblogs.org #humanitarianaid is nor a criminal act! #h5poland #bordercrisis #humanitariancrisis http://szpila.blackblogs.org28 Jan 2025 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgse62jt222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lgb42dmoak2lPublished now, with a chapter on Polish-Belarusian border, #migration #asylum #hostileenvironment #border #crisis. Congrats to @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social and #NataliaJudzińska! https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003404040/migration-race-kasia-narkowicz-anna-gawlewicz-konrad-p%C4%99dziwiatr21 Jan 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgb42dmoak2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lfutyp63fs2nWe just finished first day of our 23rd seminar on the #border, devoted to nature during crisis. #IwaKołodziejska, presented her work on intertwined human-plant interactions during the war in Ukraine, solastalgia, human resilience & resourcefulness, and nation-building discourses.16 Jan 2025 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfutyp63fs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3ld7glxwxck2mWe Are Monitoring Association just published a new report, summing up 12 months of new government in power and their approach to the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, currently only in Polish, the report is available here: https://wearemonitoring.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Chce-zostac-w-Polsce.-12-miesiecy-nowego-rzadu-w-relacjach-z-granicy-polsko-bialoruskiej.pdf13 Dec 2024 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7glxwxck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lcgmaqpbas27This paper by #IngaHajdarowicz, member of our group, discusses feminist research as a practice of solidarity with Syrian #refugee women in Lebanon - check under the link: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/24285/24259 #feministresearch #activistresearch #grassrootactivism03 Dec 2024 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgmaqpbas27https://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lcbl667p422wToday was the end of it, looking at the humanitarian narratives abt refugee relief by INGO on PL-BY & PL-UKR border, N.Macedonian part of the Balkan route & what are the port returns in #postBrexit UK(@radziwinowiczowna.bsky.social). Amazing work & reflections on the evolution of border regimes! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2024 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbl667p422whttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lc6g4hmdck2wWe finish the first day of our seminar on the border, first seminar this academic year, with full day of discussing border violence, militarisation, role of religiously mobilised narratives and security, we continue tomorrow! #workingweekend #engagedresearch #border30 Nov 2024 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6g4hmdck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lbuj2oecj22gImportant publication coming up soon! https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003404040-3/reflections-borderlands-kamila-fia%C5%82kowska-natalia-judzi%C5%84ska?context=ubx @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social and #NataliaJudzińska reflect on the role of hegemonic #whiteness in construction of #hostileenvironment on the PL-BY border, #bordercrisis #pushbacks26 Nov 2024 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuj2oecj22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lbtoojsnxs2pYesterday we heard many voices from those who support people on the move, criticising migration strategy of Poland and especially temporal suspension of right to asylum. In practice, this is already happening with pushbacks being regular practice of Polish uniformed services. #border #GrupaGranica26 Nov 2024 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtoojsnxs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lbox4jfai32cPart of what we do is create platform where other researchers can meet and disucss their ongoing work. We meet near the Belarusian border and the seminars are open to everyone, presenters on site and audience online. Please submit abstracts and inquiries via the link: https://forms.gle/doRjtPv2a2LKrYwo824 Nov 2024 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbox4jfai32chttps://bsky.app/profile/badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social/post/3lbowoduo532cBadaczki i Badacze na Granicy / Researchers on the Border says hello to all critical border researchers, we are focusing predominantly on the Polish border with Belarus and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Follow us for more, check our webpage too: www.bbng.org https://www.bbng.org/24 Nov 2024 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:klwq66rn6ldgpdvf4pr7tf4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbowoduo532c