Journal title MONDI MIGRANTI
Author/s Walter Stefano Baroni, Gabriella Petti
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/1
Language Italian Pages 29 P. 179-207 File size 376 KB
DOI 10.3280/MM2026-001009
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The paper examines the case of the Trentino bears. Reintroduced to the region in the early 2000s, they were originally embraced with warmth by the residents but subsequently turned into menacing entities and sources of apprehension. The death of Andrea Papi in April 2023 expedited this process, irrevocably designating these large mammals the status of dangerous outsiders. The story of these bears and their political governance exhibits a striking isomorphism with current management of migrations. At stake are the same issues of the border – between forest and city, in the case of the bears – of racism – the Trentino bears come from Slovenia – of sexism – it is mainly the female bears that are persecuted – and of the construction of communities of hate. The management mechanisms are analogous: administrative detention facilities and unregulated use of punitive administrative law. This micro-historical analysis expands the understanding of present-day anti-immigration and security policies, illustrating how they entrap both human and non-human beings in a lethal grasp.
Keywords: anti-migration policies; human-nonhuman relations; securitarism; anti-speciesism; feral citizenship.
Walter Stefano Baroni, Gabriella Petti, Soggettività liminali. Orsi e migranti nella fabbrica del securitarismo in "MONDI MIGRANTI" 1/2026, pp 179-207, DOI: 10.3280/MM2026-001009