Margins of Resistance: Intersecting Mobility and Socio‐Environmental Justice in Rural Contexts

Abstract

ABSTRACT Migration and socio‐environmental justice are becoming increasingly intertwined as climate change reshapes global mobility patterns while intensifying existing inequalities. In this context, grassroots initiatives that combine mobility justice with socio‐environmental justice are emerging as forms of resistance to the economic, gendered, racial and territorial exclusions experienced by marginalised communities. This contribution highlights the growing convergence of these frameworks in rural settings, focusing on community‐led initiatives in southern Italy that situate mobility, hospitality and ecological practices within broader struggles for justice. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork conducted in the village of Camini, the article examines how locally rooted actors integrate practices of reception with socio‐ecological interventions. The case of Camini illustrates how marginalised rural communities can generate situated forms of socio‐environmental resistance by addressing environmental challenges and social exclusion together. In particular, the article shows how centring imaginative capacities, interdependencies and knowledges from the margins can reframe marginalised places as sites of radical possibility.