Within the Master’s Degree Programme in Migration Management of the University of Sassari,
the MA course in Social Media and Communication of Migration Processes will host the
seminar:
Aware Migrants: The role of information campaigns in the management of migration
(Guest speaker: Pierluigi Musarò)
Taking as a starting point studies on the biopolitics of bordering, as well as media
studies, this seminar will explore how information campaigns deter potential migrants
and refugees from leaving their countries depict them in very specific ways, operating as
‘new bordering practices’ that are in conjunction with extraterritorial border policies.

Date: 26 April 2021
Time: 12-14
Guest speaker: Pierluigi Musarò, Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of
Bologna
Introduced by: Valentina Cappi, Professor of Social Media and Communication of Migration
Processes, University of Sassari
Language: English

The seminar will be held on Microsoft Teams. If you are interested in participating, please send an e-mail to valentina.cappi3@unibo.it by April 23rd. You will be welcomed in the virtual room.

Please find more details in the attached PDF file