Tahriib – Journeys into the Unknown

Anja Simonsen is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on topics such as migration, social invisibility, mobility, Somalis, future prospects, temporality, information, uncertainty, insecurity, clan- and family relations within and across borders, diaspora humanitarianism, European search & rescue operations and biometric technologies.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: uncertainties of migration.- Chapter 2: A history of lives on the move.- Chapter 3: 'If I die, I have already died'. Entanglements of social death.- Chapter 4: Walking the road of hope.- Chapter 5: Uncertainty of information in unknown terrain.- Chapter 6: Tempo(s) of time en route.- Chapter 7: Biometric ambiguities.- Chapter 8: Making home.- Chapter 9: Conclusion: universal uncertainties.