Archeology of Contemporary Migrations: The Balkan Route as a Case Study

Emma Beatrice Farina presented her research in a contemporary history seminar

  • Date: 20 JANUARY 2026  from 18:00 to 19:30

  • Event location: University of Barcelona, Spain

On the 20th of January, Emma Beatrice Farina held a seminar at the history department of the University of Barcelona.

She introduced the audience to the archaeology of contemporary migration and presented her PhD project illustrating the different case studies and the methodological approached employed to investigate the sites. In particular, she focused on the graffiti production in Bosnian makeshift camps, demonstrating the potentiality of understanding daily life and social hierarchies inside the camp through analysing graffiti.