Thinking in the epicenter

How should we think, rather than simply react—emotionally or ideologically—in the middle of crises? Using “mobility events” ranging from religious festivals to political rallies as an example, Ranabir Samaddar, the Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies at the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, discusses with Biao Xiang how one must think out of the box to examine power relations in times of emergency in this latest MoLab video. (15 May 2021)