Rethinking migration: the 'Bristol Approach'

In this bonus episode of 'Migration Unboxed' our host Bridget Anderson talks to four of the authors from her new edited volume Rethinking Migration: Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race (Bristol University Press, 2025). The book takes a radically interdisciplinary approach to migration and makes connections with other academic, policy and activist fields. It situates what is conventionally understood as ‘migration’ within the broader field of mobilities – including of goods, animals, policies and ideas as well as people. Like this podcast, then, Rethinking Migration follows the Bristol Approach in taking thinking on migration outside the box. The four authors in this episode come from diverse disciplines - history, music, criminology and history of art. Their conversation shows how working closely together on the volume enabled them think in new ways about their subject, whether migrants and borders in Medieval England, how music crosses borders and the Ukraine war, the movement of earth in pre-modern Europe, or the construction of illegality and borders in speeches of the UK political elite. Bios: Bridget Anderson is Director of MMB and Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. Natasha Carver is Senior Lecturer in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Lucy Donkin is Senior Lecturer in History and History of Art, University of Bristol. Florian Scheding is Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Bristol. Brendan Smith is Professor of Medieval History, University of Bristol. Read more about Rethinking Migration here and follow a link to buy the book or download it for free here. Credits: Produced by Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB) Edited by Melissa FitzGerald – X @melissafitzg Music by Olly Shaw – ollyshawmusic.com Follow us on: Bluesky - @mmbuob.bsky.social LinkedIn – Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB) Instagram – mmbuob Facebook – Migration Mobilities Bristol