State formations, politics of circulation and critical infrastructure: interview with Finn Stepputat

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https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2023.205260

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Politics of circulation, Global logistics networks, Formations of sovereignty, Finn Stepputat

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Interview with Finn Stepputat

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  • Isabela Pinho, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

    PhD candidate in Sociology at the Federal University of São Carlos and Visiting Researcher at the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS). The researcher is grateful to the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Fapesp) for the financial support for research (Process n. 2020/14000-6 and 2021/14797-4).

  • Janaina Maldonado, Universidade de Hamburgo

    PhD candidate at the programme “Democratising security in turbulent times” at the University of  Hamburg and doctoral researcher at the Institute for Latin American Studies of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Giga).

  • Apoena Mano, Universidade de São Paulo

    PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of São Paulo and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. The researcher is grateful to the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Fapesp) for the financial support for research (Process n. 2020/00670-0 and 2021/14246-8).

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2023-04-28

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Vol. 35 No. 1 (2023)

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Pinho, I., Maldonado, J., & Mano, A. (2023). State formations, politics of circulation and critical infrastructure: interview with Finn Stepputat. Tempo Social, 35(1), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2023.205260