The archives of migration are piecemeal and scattered. This is both an epistemological problem, and a matter of political concern in an international order that forces people to migrate, racializes them, and renders them subject to violence. In response, we explore the potential of counter-archiving migration. First, we explain why archives matter politically, and consider which traces of migration are stored and which are absent or lost. Second, we develop a methodology for counter-archiving migration. Third, we illustrate a process of counter-archiving, taking protests and violent evictions outside the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices as an analytical lens. We begin with an “along the grain” reading of official archives; we then turn to ethnography to trace the memories, practices, and material remnants of migrants’ struggles. Our analysis makes the case for counter-archival work in and beyond the field of migration. We argue that this approach serves to disrupt the epistemic violence of classification systems and categories associated with border violence; to chart the contestations and transformations of the global order from below; and to articulate new horizons of justice.

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反存档移民：追踪反对联合国难民署的抗议记录


迁移的档案是零散的。这既是一个认识论问题，也是一个国际秩序中的政治问题，它迫使人们迁移，使他们种族化，并使他们遭受暴力。作为回应，我们探索了反存档迁移的潜力。首先，我们解释了为什么档案在政治上很重要，并考虑了哪些移民痕迹被存储，哪些缺失或丢失。其次，我们开发了一种反存档迁移方法。第三，我们说明了一个反存档的过程，将联合国难民署 （UNHCR） 办公室外的抗议和暴力驱逐作为分析镜头。我们从对官方档案的“顺便”阅读开始;然后，我们转向民族志来追踪移民斗争的记忆、实践和物质遗留物。我们的分析为移民领域内外的反档案工作提供了理由。我们认为，这种方法有助于打破与边境暴力相关的分类系统和类别的认识暴力;自下而上绘制全球秩序的竞争和转变;并阐明正义的新视野。