NORA BARDELLI (03 June 1988 - Locarno, Switzerland) [email protected] / [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT Sciences Po Paris Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI) Postdoctoral Researcher ANR project 15-CE26-0003-01, PIAF 'La vie sociale et politiques des papiers d'identification en Afrique' ('The Social Life of Identity Documents in Africa')
EDUCATION University of Oxford, 2014-2018 DPhil in International Development, thesis title: “The refugee” reproduced, negotiated, and represented: Hierarchies of Malian refugeeness in Burkina Faso
The Graduate Institute Geneva, 2012-2014 M.A. in Anthropology and Sociology of Development, dissertation title: Contested Exception: Laws, Rules, and Negotiability in a Burkinabé Refugee Camp.
University of Fribourg, 2009-2012 B.A. in Social Work and Social Policies and in Specialized Pedagogy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 2009-2012
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Guest lecturer on Migrations Forcées, University of Neuchâtel; 22 May 2019 Teaching assistant, MSc in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford; Michaelmas Term 2018 Tutor, University of Oxford, Worcester College; 'Critical introduction to forced migration and refugee studies'; Hilary Term 2018 Tutor, University of Oxford, St Catherine's College; 'Introduction to the study of forced migration'; Trinity Term 2017
FIELDWORK RESEARCH
Ethnographic research for my DPhil thesis in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, with Malian refugees living in an urban context; October 2015-July 2016, November 2016, December 2017 Ethnographic research for my master dissertation with Malian refugees living in Saag-Nioniongo refugee camp, Burkina Faso, June 2013-August 2013; January 2014-February 2014
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
11-14 June 2019 European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) biennial meeting, University of Edinburgh. Commodification of Malian refugeeness in Burkina Faso
14-18 November 2018 American Anthropological Association annual meeting, San José, CA. Uses and understandings of Malian refugees' biometric ID cards in Burkina Faso: different symbolisations for different actors
24-28 July 2018 International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) biannual Conference, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. Co-convening a panel entitled 'Daring Steps? Durable Futures? Or Enduring Solutions? The commodification of migration and pathways to protection'. 'Is being a refugee still worth it?' Commodification of Malian refugeeness in Burkina Faso
23-23 June 2018 Colloque International 'Identification et bureaucratisation en Afrique (XIXe- XXIe siècle). Pouvoirs, matérialité, subjectivation'. Entre biométrie et témoignage: la production contemporaine du réfugié au Burkina Faso
30 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2017 University of Manchester's Migration Lab conference, 'World on the Move: Migration, Societies and Change'. Commodification of Malian refugeeness in Burkina Faso
29 June – 1 July 2017 European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) biannual meeting, Basel. Materialities in the lives of Malian urban refugees in Burkina Faso: Uses and understandings of refugee biometric ID cards
22-23 June 2017 Neuchâtel Graduate Conference in Migration and Mobility Studies, University of Neuchâtel. I presented a paper entitled. Commodification of Malian refugeeness: tales from the humanitarian assistance operation Burkina Faso
16-17 March 2017 Refugee Studies 2017 Conference 'Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies', University of Oxford. Malian urban refugees in Burkina Faso: integration and hidden statuses
7-9 September 2016 African Studies Association of the UK Biannual Conference, Cambridge. Biometric IDs for 'non-belonging': the case of Malian refugees living in Burkina Faso; and Moving and 'settling': a social affair
9-11 July 2014 LOVA – Netherlands Association for Gender Studies and Feminist Anthropology International Conference, VU University Amsterdam. Panel organizer and presenter with four colleagues on Fieldwork as a digestive tract: bodily strategies and gendered experiences
24-25 March 2014 Refugee Studies Centre 2014 Conference, University of Oxford, with Laís Meneguello Bressan. Genuine voices? (Im)mobilizing refugees in humanitarian discourse and practice
SEMINARS/LECTURES 15 May 2019 Donne e Salute: Uguaglianza di genere e diritto alla salute – Workshop organised by Associazione per l’aiuto medico al Centro America (AMCA) at Università della Svizzera Italiana.
11 April 2019 Seminar talk at the Anthropology Department, University of Strasbourg, Hiérarchies humanitaires entre réfugiés maliens au Burkina Faso.
29 May 2018 Refugee Studies Centre Work in progress seminar, University of Oxford
25 October 2017 Technology and Mobilities in Africa Seminar Series, Oxford Department of International Development. Materialities in the lives of Malian urban refugees in Burkina Faso: uses and understandings of refugee biometric ID cards
17 February 2017 DPhil Research Seminar, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. The title of my talk was Commodification of Malian refugeeness and vulnerability in Burkina Faso
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles
• Bardelli, Nora, (forthcoming in March 2019 for the online publication, TBD for the printed version): 'When the refugee status becomes an economic asset: how Malians living in a Burkinabé city negotiate the 'refugee' category', Ethnic and Racial Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1583351
• Bardelli, Nora (forthcoming March 2019): 'Entre biométrie et témoignage: la production contemporaine du réfugié au Burkina Faso', Politique Africaine.
Other scientific publications
• Bardelli, N. 2018. 'The shortcomings of employment as a durable solution', Forced Migration Review, issue 58 (June). http://www.fmreview.org/economies/bardelli
• Bardelli, N. 2015. 'Contested Exception: Laws, Rules and Negotiability in a Burkinabé Refugee Camp', Global Migration Research Paper, N°9 (February). http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sites/globalmigration/shared/Publications/G MPRS_N9_Bardelli.pdf
LANGUAGES
Italian: Mother tongue English: Fluent in speaking, understanding, reading and writing French: Fluent in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Spanish: Proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing German: Basic knowledge in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Dioula: Basic knowledge in speaking, understanding, reading and writing
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
• ODID Publication Grant, Department of International Development, University of Oxford (Nov. 2018)
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Doc.Mobility fellowship; 12 months (Sep. 2017- Aug. 2018)
• Berrow Foundation Scholarship: funding for 3 years of DPhil, covering university and college fees, accommodation costs, and living allowance (Sep. 2014-Aug. 2017)
• Graduate Research Grant, Lincoln College, University of Oxford (Jun. 2015 / May 2016) • QEH Fieldwork Grant, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford (May 2015)
• 2014 Global Migration Award for an outstanding master thesis, Global Migration Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (Feb. 2015)
• Tuition Fees Scholarship/Exemption (for M.A), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (2013-2014)
• Fondazione Felix Leemann Scholarship, Lugano, Switzerland, support for the 2012-2013 academic year (Aug. 2012)
• Member of the Swiss Study Foundation (Schweizerische Studienstiftung) (2011-2017)
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