Laboratories of dis:connectivity are concrete, manageable spaces where complex dynamics of globalisation – such as absences, detours, and interruptions – become observable. Islands, refugee camps, asylum centres, and border regions serve as laboratories, where social, political, and environmental conditions produce intensified or visible dis:connective phenomena. These spaces allow researchers to stabilise or ‘freeze’ processes temporarily, making them analysable, while also highlighting lived experiences, waiting, and contingency. Laboratories function both as sites of study and as microcosms reflecting broader global patterns of connection and disconnection.