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The degree to which an individual can or cannot confront domination is determined by his or her place within the social relations of production, the hegemony of ideological beliefs, including patriarchy and other cultural constructions, and institutional rules, regulations, and practices. These interactions are also shaped by the ways in which members of specific social groups understand, perceive, and act in, through, and on, their reality. This article considers the Maltese context, and the case of sub-Saharan African (SSA) female asylum seekers whose request for asylum has been rejected. The article aims to provoke a critical re-evaluation of the adult education and critical pedagogy literature, and calls for an epistemological shift in the way we theorise the non-citizen within the nation state. The article argues that the 'rejected' status limits the possibilities to speak unto power and to mobilise for transformative change. It concludes that a 'statist' hegemony is ubiquitous within critical pedagogy literature, wherein 'citizenship' is assumed.

Graf‐Askania and LaCoste‐Romberg surface‐ship gravity meters were installed on the Saclant ASW Research Center's R. V. Aragonese, and performance of the two instruments was compared during a 3‐week cruise. Known bottom‐meter gravity anomalies in portions of the surveyed area provided checks on the accuracy of the measurements. Differences with respect to meter drift, uniformity of calibration factor, reliability of measurements in calm seas and in moderately rough seas were investigated. Good results were obtained with both meters in calm seas. The Graf‐Askania platform permitted reliable measurements to be made in moderate seas. The LaCoste‐Romberg measurements were in error because of inadequate response of the accelerometers to long‐period components of ship motion. The drift rate of the LaCoste‐Romberg meter was negligible, its calibration factor did not vary significantly with time, and the time lags caused by the ship's motion were short. The Graf‐Askania meter had a relatively large drift rate, and the time lags were relatively long.

In this article, we seek to challenge some of the ways in which the '2015 Mediterranean migration crisis' has been scripted by elites. Situated withinand contributing toa flourishing research agenda on everyday geographies and ontologies of personal (in)security, we aim to bring non-elite knowledge and experience to the foreground. We do so by examining the diverse grounded perspectives of those on the move who are arguably the key dramatis personae in the socalled 'crisis' and yet whose voices are often absent in dominant representations of it. Specifically, we focus on the dynamic interplay between contemporary European Union border security apparatuses and mobile subjects who encounter, negotiate and challenge these apparatuses. Drawing upon 37 in-depth qualitative interviews with recent arrivals as part of a multi-sited research project across the Mediterranean region, we offer a historicized and geographically situated analysis of the contested politics of 'irregularity' on the island of Malta. As a geopolitically significant site along the central Mediterranean route, the changes in migratory dynamics witnessed in Malta over the past two decades offer an instructive lens through which the 'crisis' narrative can be usefully problematized and disaggregated.Frontières migratoires, vies frontalières: géographies du quotidien de la sécurité et de l'insécurité ontologique à Maltes ARTICLE HISTORY

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