Refugees and political asylum Books
Comma Press Refugee Tales: Volume III: 3
Book SynopsisWith nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immigration rules. Bail hearings go unrecorded, people are picked up without notice, individuals feel abandoned in detention centres with no way of knowing when they will be released. In Refugee Tales III we read the stories of people who have been through this process, many of whom have yet to see their cases resolved and who live in fear that at any moment they might be detained again. Poets, novelists and writers have once again collaborated with people who have experienced detention, their tales appearing alongside first-hand accounts by people who themselves have been detained. What we hear in these stories are the realities of the hostile environment, the human costs of a system that disregards rights, that denies freedoms and suspends lives.
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Scribe Publications First, They Erased Our Name: a Rohingya speaks
Book SynopsisFor the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the persecution facing his people. ‘I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in my own country, an outlaw in the world. I am three years old, and don’t yet know that I am stateless.’ Habiburahman was born in 1979 and raised in a small village in western Burma. When he was three years old, the country’s military leader declared that his people, the Rohingya, were not one of the 135 recognised ethnic groups that formed the eight ‘national races’. He was left stateless in his own country. Since 1982, millions of Rohingya have had to flee their homes as a result of extreme prejudice and persecution. In 2016 and 2017, the government intensified the process of ethnic cleansing, and over 600,000 Rohingya people were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh. Here, for the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the truth behind this global humanitarian crisis. Through the eyes of a child, we learn about the historic persecution of the Rohingya people and witness the violence Habiburahman endured throughout his life until he escaped the country in 2000. First, They Erased Our Name is an urgent, moving memoir about what it feels like to be repressed in one’s own country and a refugee in others. It gives voice to the voiceless.Trade Review‘Habiburahman’s book is a rare first-hand account of what the Rohingya have had to endure over the past few decades, and especially valuable because the events it describes took place long before most of the world had heard of them. Told in short, punchy chapters, written in an urgent present tense …’ -- David Eimer * The Spectator *‘Here is the first account by a Rohingya of the decades-long oppression of his people, as well as a memoir of his own journey. Chilling and eye-opening.’ * i *‘This is the gripping, chilling inside story of the incubation of a genocide. In a corner of Asia where hatred has raged for decades, Habib’s moving family history emerges as a powerful and, to my knowledge, unique historical document. His compelling storytelling relates how playground prejudice against the Muslim Rohingya of Arakan escalated into pogroms, terror, and apartheid. As he makes his arduous and dangerous escape, he writes “death is always snapping at our heels”. What an incredible story. There are many who, after the killing fields of Cambodia, Bosnia, or Rwanda have said “Never again”. It just did, in Burma, and here’s how.’ -- Jonathan Miller, Foreign Affairs Correspondent * Channel 4 News *‘Written in a simple style appropriate to the childhood it records, the memoir is a devastating testimony of persecution.’ -- David McKechnie * The Irish Times *‘The book is written in simple language and tells the story without embellishment. There is no need for flourishes; it is relentless.’ -- Gay Alcorn * The Guardian *‘Habiburahman is a vivid storyteller … It is a book that should be read the world over until the Rohingyas get justice … An essential read.’ -- Liam Heylin * Irish Examiner *‘An astonishing story … a moving read.’ -- Paul Ross, talkRADIO‘The remarkable first personal account from a Rohingya of his people’s persecution in Burma.’ * i *‘The greatest barriers to stories such as Habiburahman’s being heard, though. Are invalidation and indifference. Do not be indifferent to this urgent, humane book. Read it, share it, talk about what has been happening — and in so doing safeguard the humanity of Habiburahman, the Rohingya and all asylum seekers, as well as the imperilled humanity of this country.’ -- Maria Takolander * The Saturday Paper *‘[First, They Erased Our Name] tells the first-hand truth behind the global humanitarian crisis.’ * Business Standard *‘For the first time, Habib’s book gives written voice to the history of fate and his people who have been left stateless in their own country. Habib’s own story is an odyssey of danger, resistance, torture and courage.’ -- James Taylor * Surf Coast Times *‘Compelling.’ -- Robyn Douglass * SA Weekend, starred review *‘Habiburahman was a boy when Myanmar outlawed his ethnic group, the Rohingya, stripping its members of citizenship and turning them into a stateless people. His book is a rare account of growing up during the subsequent catastrophe for the Rohingya … a useful addition to the literature of human rights abuses.’ * Kirkus Reviews *
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London Publishing Partnership Towards a Humane Refugee Policy for the European
Book SynopsisTowards a Humane Refugee Policy for the European Union outlines a clear and detailed proposal on how to engage municipalities and civil society initiatives in the relocation and reception of migrants and asylum seekers. The proposals that the book contains do not represent a panacea for the EU's migration and refugee policy: migration is too complex a phenomenon for that, and it needs to be tackled at many levels. However, the ideas and tools that the book illustrates will undoubtedly benefit both the communities hosting newcomers and the newcomers themselves.Trade Review"This powerful and thought-provoking book uses deep insight and compelling arguments to challenge the EU over its failures in regard to its refugee policies. Gesine Schwan's vision for a more compassionate and humane approach is a must-read for anyone interested in shaping a fairer world. The book's concrete proposals, especially those related to working with municipalities, are more topical now than ever before."- Katarina Barley, vice-president of the European Parliament. "In this timely book, Gesine Schwan makes a compelling argument to support her proposals for a new EU refugee policy. Her innovative approach sees municipal authorities playing the leading role and it provides solutions that prioritise human rights and the fair distribution of responsibilities. A must-read for policymakers and for advocates of a better Europe." - Jens Geier, member of the European Parliament, Germany. "Gesine Schwan's book argues strongly and convincingly that European asylum policy need not be cynical about the thousands of people who lose their lives on their way to Europe and can instead be shaped in a way that is both humane and in everyone's interests." - Dr Naika Foroutan, professor of Integration Studies and Social Policy at the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and director of the German Center for Integration and Migration (DeZIM)
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Headline Publishing Group The Long Walk with Little Amal: The Official
Book SynopsisFrom July to November 2021, Little Amal, a 3.5m-high puppet created by Handspring Puppet Company ('War Horse') will travel 8,000km from the Syria-Turkey border along the established refugee route through Europe to the UK, ending at the Manchester International Festival. With 100 theatrical events in 65 cities, along the way, 'The Walk' will be the world's largest live performance and its aim is to celebrate the contribution that migrants and refugees make to the cultures and communities through which they pass and to the countries in which they find a new home.With an introduction by Nizar Zuabi (artistic director of Good Chance) and an afterword by David Lan (formerly of The Young Vic and one of the producers of 'The Walk'), The Long Walk with Little Amal is the official companion book to a cross-border collaboration on a magnificent scale. The journey is documented by award-winning photojournalist Andre Liohn and contributing essayists include: PEN International Writer of Courage Samar Yazbek (Syria); prize-winning Turkish-Kurdish novelist Burhan Sonmez (Turkey); Greek-Armenian literary and crime writer Petros Markaris (Greece); Prix Goncourt-winning author and film director Philippe Claudel (France); Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell (UK); crime writer Olivier Norek whose fiction has been set in Calais' The Jungle (France); and bestselling author Timur Vermes (Germany).
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Parthian Books Refugee Wales: Syrian Voices
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the stories of Syrians who have found refuge in Wales, based on their own oral testimonies. They were recorded as part of a research project undertaken by Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru- National Museum Wales. Moving away from their home country has resulted in a break from their past lives and a rupture from their histories and cultures. One of the aims of the project was to help them connect their past to their present and give them a sense of belonging. Their histories are now part of Welsh history.
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The Book Guild Ltd Once Upon a Time in Uppsala
Book SynopsisShirin has just arrived from war-stricken Iran to Sweden – her new home. Her and her family must learn to acclimatise to the weather, culture and socialisation of Sweden whilst still staying in touch with their Iranian heritage. Along with her response to such things as a traditional Swedish Christmas lunch, the dating rituals of European teenagers or the social dynamics of an unfamiliar and not always friendly classroom are fascinating glimpses into the lives of a varied community of refugees, eccentrics and drop-outs. These are interspersed with traditional Persian fairy tales and nostalgic memories of her beloved grandmother, which sustain her in her new life. Once Upon A Time in Uppsala is a remarkable, candid and moving account of a sensitive child on the verge of adolescence transplanted from her beloved but suffering homeland into a country which, although politically safe, offers unexpected challenges of its own. “A book of an unusual charm.” Irma Kurtz (Author of My Life in Agony, About Time and Agony Aunt for Cosmopolitan) “This is an exceptionally candid, sensitive and lively account of an immigrant’s experience in an alien society.” Jonathan Keates (Writer, biographer, novelist and former chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund) “Honest, unflinching and thought-provoking, this is a book that will stay with me for a long time...” Awais Khan, (Award-winning author of No Honour) “A moving and fascinating read about displacement, integration, solidarity and friendship.” Daphna Baram (Author of Disenchantment, The Guardian and Israel) “A beautiful, deeply moving account of love, family and friendship. Everyone should read this.” A.A. Chaudhuri (Best-selling author of The Scribe, The Abduction, She’s Mine and The Loyal Friend) “Perfectly captured that fish-out-of-water feeling of being thrown into a baffling new culture.” Heleen Kist (Author of What I Hid From You)
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UEA Publishing Project Time Stood Still
Book SynopsisA masterpiece of humanism, Time Stood Still recounts Paul Cohen-Portheim's years of internment in England as an enemy alien during World War One. A passionate but balanced argument against internment and its inherently dehumanizing effects.
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Scottish Labour History Society Diverse Voices, Challenging Injustice: Banner
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Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and
Book SynopsisThis book powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the South African informal economy are migrants and refugees. Yet far from being lauded, they take their life into their hands when they trade on South Africa''s mean streets. The book draws attention to what they bring to their adopted country through research into previously unexamined areas of migrant entrepreneurship. Ranging from studies of how migrants have created agglomeration economies in Jeppe and Ivory Park in Johannesburg, to guanxi networks of Chinese entrepreneurs, to competition and cooperation among Somali shop owners, to cross-border informal traders, to the informal transport operators between South Africa and Zimbabwe, the chapters in this book reveal the positive economic contributions of migrants. these include generating employment, paying rents, providing cheaper goods to poor consumers, and supporting formal sector wholesalers and retailers. As well, Mean Streets highlights the xenophobic responses to migrant and refugee entrepreneurs and the challenges they face in running a successful business on the streets.
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Displacement Risks in Africa: Refugees,
Book SynopsisAs the plight of refugees around the world looms large as one of the central problems facing the international political community at the beginning of the 21st century, the situations facing displaced persons in Africa are both acute manifestations of this global trend, and unique in their particularities.As the powerful nations of the world are mobilised to tackle domestic conflicts and their ensuing refugee problems in the Balkans, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and elsewhere, African societies have typically been abandoned by the international community to resolving their own conflicts through their own means. The authors of this volume examine both causes and effects of displacement in terms of both local and global politics, environmental risks, socio-economic costs, and policy and identity issues. Combined, these papers provide a powerful if not comprehensive overview of the variety and complexity of circumstances concerning displaced persons.
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Scribe Publications Watching brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law,
Book SynopsisIn Watching Brief, noted lawyer and human rights advocate Julian Burnside articulates a sensitive and intelligent defence of the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, and the importance of protecting human rights and maintaining the rule of law. He looks at such cases as those involving David Hicks, Jack Thomas and Van Nguyen.
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ATF Press We Are Better Than This: Essays and Poems on
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ATF Press We Are Better Than This: Essays and Poems on
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ATF Press The 2015 Gasson Lecturers: Maintaining a
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ATF Press The 2015 Gasson Lecturers: Maintaining a
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SAR Press Development and Dispossession: The Crisis of
Book SynopsisMore people were involuntarily displaced in the twentieth century than ever before, and not only by war and natural disasters. Capital-intensive, high-technology, large-scale projects compel the displacement and resettlement of an estimated 15 million people every year in the process of converting farmlands, fishing grounds, forests, and homes into reservoirs, irrigation systems, mines, plantations, colonization projects, highways, urban renewal zones, industrial complexes, and tourist resorts. Aimed at generating economic growth and strengthening the region or nation, these projects have all too often left local people permanently displaced, disempowered, and destitute. Resettlement has been so poorly planned, financed, implemented, and administered that these projects end up being "development disasters." Because there can be no return to land submerged under a dam-created lake or to a neighborhood buried under a stadium or throughway, the solutions devised to meet the needs of people displaced by development must be durable. The contributors to this volume analyze the failures of existing resettlement policies and propose just such durable solutions.
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Oro Editions City of Refugees: A Real Utopia
Book SynopsisWhere should they go? 70 million displaced refugees and asylum seekers with no passport, no money, and no worldly goods. In 380 BCE Plato wrote about the 'Ideal City,' but it wasn't until 1516 CE that Sir Thomas More invented the word, 'Utopia,' translated from Greek as 'good place,' that is in need of a new, contemporary interpretation. It is within the framework of utopia that the City of Refugees represents a place that transcends the fate of the refugee and the reason they were torn from their homeland and not given safe haven fleeing their country. It is a concept for a new city that welcomes these optimistic people looking for a place to be free from oppression. The University of Houston College of Architecture + Design with 135 students is proposing 4 cities on 4 continents as prototypes that represent a real utopia for housing the unprecedented migration of people moving across borders. This UN-sponsored, free economic zone for the 4 cities can be funded by small fractions of the defense budgets appropriated by the UN. The innovative cities create a platform for a new, multi-ethnic society based upon justice, tolerance, and economically viable with a net zero energy consumption within a sustainable environment. The new three-dimensional cities redefine the concept of streets by no longer needing cars creating a real utopia for those with no voice. The City of Refugees is a soft place to land that believes in the future.
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Sarabande Books, Incorporated Mare Nostrum
Book Synopsis“On the bridges to those slippery worlds, we are wrapped in gold foil, disease free. Who is saving whom? The question’s not stated, only implied.” In 2013, the Italian government implemented Mare Nostrum, an operation intended to limit immigration from Africa and the Middle East to European countries. For the refugees, the journeys were harrowing, often ending in shipwrecks or imprisonment, and the arrivals were wracked with uncertainty. Here, the poet Khaled Mattawa conjures a pointed, incantatory account of the refugee experience in the Mediterranean. In reclaiming the operation's name Mare Nostrum (our sea in Latin), he renders us culpable for the losses, and responsible to those risking their lives in pursuit of hope and respite from oppression. The voices are many, and the lyrics ritualistic, as if Mattawa has stirred ghosts from the wreckage. Part narrative, part blessing, this chapbook begs of its readers: Do you remember? Mattawa’s writing is a lighthouse for politics of the twenty-first century, and this chapbook a stunning memorial.Trade Review"Mare Nostrum...draws parallels between [Mattawa's] focus on the migration crisis in the Arab world and his interest in environmental degradation, raising awareness of the negative effect of politics and economics on the environment." —Arab World English Journal, online and print "This is a path to compassion without arrogance and mystery without indifference." —World Literature Today "There would be easy ways to categorize this book and the poems in it. We could try 'political poetry' or 'the poetry of witness.' Those are fine, of course, but it is more than enough to simply think of these poems as memorable reminders of the horrors that we allow to stay on the periphery of our experience. Mattawa does not let us forget." —Keith Taylor, The Rupture "[A] writer at his most humane." —Spencer Hupp, The Sewanee Review "Stunning new collection." —The National (AE) Past Praise for Khaled Mattawa: "With its alluring rhythms, its sweeping energy and incantations, Zodiac of Echoes is a remarkable marriage between politics and lyric intensity." —The Missouri Review "Through his critical essays, his poetry, and his translations, Mattawa serves as a mediator between Arab and American culture and highlights the invaluable role of literary translations in bridging cultural divides." —MacArthur Fellowship
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Scribe US First, They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks
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University of Nevada Press The Battle to Stay in America: Immigration's
Book SynopsisThe Battle to Stay in America is the story of a community coming to grips with the federal government's crackdown on immigrants and learning how to defend itself. Informative and personal, this is a story about mothers and fathers, lawyers and activists, local police and federal agencies, and a struggle for the identity of a nation. This is the quintessential story of the war on immigrants, as fought and felt on the front lines in the heart of America.Trade ReviewReviewed by the New York Review of Books:The destructive impact of this enforcement regime on day-to-day life in immigrant communities is described with refreshing clarity and heart by Michael Kagan in The Battle to Stay in America. Kagan, a law professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, tells stories of his neighbors and of clients at the university law clinic he runs. He provides an unusually accessible primer on immigration law and a valuable guide to the ways it currently works to perpetuate an excluded immigrant underclass with diminished rights."Table of Contents Preface: A Note About Word Choice Introduction 1 Part I: The Targets 1 The Graveyards of Nevada 11 2 Plan B 25 3 The Cleaners 43 Part II: The Attack 4 The Unaccompanied 61 5 Two Arrests 79 6 Psychological Warfare 92 Part III: The Defense 7 How to Talk to Your Neighbors About Immigration 111 8 The Strip Mall Resistance 129 9 Dirty Immigration Lawyers 146 10 The Coming Battle 160 Acknowledgments 169 Glossary 171 Notes 175 Bibliography 187 Index 000 About the Author 197
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Bellevue Literary Press All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the
Book SynopsisAs hundreds of thousands of displaced people sought refuge in Europe, the global relief system failed. This is the story of the volunteers who stepped forward to help.In 2015, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, most of them fleeing war-torn homelands, arrived by boat on the shores of Greece, setting off the greatest human displacement in Europe since WWII. As journalists reported horrific mass drownings, an ill-prepared and seemingly indifferent world looked on. Those who reached Europe needed food, clothing, medicine, and shelter, but the international aid system broke down completely.All Else Failed is Dana Sachs’s compelling eyewitness account of the successes—and failures—of the volunteer relief network that emerged to meet the enormous need. Closely following the odysseys of seven individual men and women, and their families, it tells a story of despair and resilience, revealing the humanity within an immense humanitarian disaster.Trade Review“Sachs writes moving passages about the boundlessness of human generosity.” —Reason“Remarkable. . . . All Else Failed has more than passing relevance.” —Wilmington Star-News“[Sachs] reveals the ways people fleeing for their lives take time to care for one another in the midst of panic and heartbreak. . . . In moments of desperation, goodness shines. This book is a testament to that.” —Washington Independent Review of Books“Gripping, and deeply absorbing. . . . [All Else Failed] serves as both sympathetic companion and useful guide for grassroots volunteers and organizers in future crisis zones.” —Colorado Review“A multilayered journalistic account. . . . Some of the most powerful individual lessons we may learn from those chronicled in these pages involve the need to tend to one’s own mental health and personal boundaries while providing aid and succor.” —North of Oxford“A stunning portrait of hardship, despair, and resilience.” —Publishers Weekly“This people-first, intensely researched, deeply personal, and altogether devastating call to action tells us that when all else fails, volunteer.” —Booklist“Inspiring and troubling.” —Kirkus Reviews“Timely and important.” —Midwest Book Review“Dana Sachs’s vivid, passionate book will shake any faith you once had in international aid organizations. But it will move and inspire you, and bring a lump to your throat, by its portraits of big-hearted women and men from many countries who jumped in to help fellow human beings caught up in one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of our time.” —Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost and To End All Wars“An urgent, deeply researched, and tender account of the helpers: refugee crisis volunteers (often formerly displaced) who arrive when those responsible for the chaos have turned their backs. Vital, and often infuriating, it is at once global in scale and absolutely singular. This is a story about the drive to nurture and care for our fellow humans, one that stirs us all.” —Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee“Sachs chronicles what happened in Greece when Middle Eastern refugees and volunteers from around the world converged, imperfectly, often chaotically, but with empathy and generosity in ways that mattered and ways that moved me. Sometimes these impromptu communities fail in the end, but the fact that they succeeded for a time, against the odds, can teach us important lessons.” —Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark and Not Too Late
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Rutgers University Press Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World:
Book SynopsisChildren and youth are front and center in the context of global mass migration and the social discord around questions of multicultural inclusion that it often ignites. Imprecise portrayals of their inclination to either embrace diversity or to incite racism are used to exemplify both the success and failures of the multicultural project. In the context of young people’s heightened politicization, Open Access volume Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World shifts the focus to a group of Sudanese and Karen refugee youth’s own insights, explanations and practices as they attempt to create a sense of identity and belonging in Australia. These young people engage race, racism and national identity in creative and unexpected ways as they are confronted with the social and moral implications of multiculturalism.Download open access ebook. Trade ReviewBelonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World is a wonderfully fresh account of how refugee-background youth challenge, invert, and identify with racialized and ethnicized identity categories and navigate difference in their daily lives. The book foregrounds the voices of young people themselves, offering a much-needed counter-narrative to the all-too-often calcified identity constructs that animate much political discussion today. More than anything, it offers a rich account of the narrative forces that shape how diverse young people are able to realize a sense of belonging in a multicultural society. -- Amanda Wise * Coeditor of Convivialities: Possibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures *“This book offers a rich ethnography of the lives of refugee youth in a culturally diverse world. Eschewing both celebratory multiculturalism and a narrow focus on racism, the book deftly examines the ways race and friendship are woven together in the identity-making practices of young refugees. Moran insightfully foregrounds the importance of understanding the ‘responsive’ nature of identity in forging a sense of place and belonging in culturally diverse schools.” -- Greg Noble * Coeditor of Convivialities: Possibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures *"Laura Moran’s work is innovative, well researched and engaging. It reminds us of the importance of micro-perspective, accounts of young people and the meanings young people give to broad social narratives they encounter and shows the value of extensive ethnographic fieldwork." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"New Books Network: New Books in Anthropology" interview with Laura Moran * New Books Network: New Books in Anthropology *"The book is exceptionally legible and accessible, is written clearly and concisely, and is available as an Open Access volume. It will appeal to scholars and students across disciplines – such as education, anthropology, sociology, geography, ethnic studies, political science, social work, and public administration – as well as to a general public that is interested in human rights, migration, youth, race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism." * Anthropology Book Forum *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Fieldwork and Research Foundations 2 Multicultural Australia and the Refugee Experience: Ethnographic Settings 3 Identity in Theory: Responsiveness and Belonging Among Refugee Youth 4 Everyday Identity: Self and Belonging through Friendship, Fighting and Dating 5 Performing Identity: Capital and Connecting in Multicultural Context 6 Politicizing Identity: Engaging Racism, Citizenship and the Nation 7 Self, Belonging and Multicultural Morality Appendix Acknowledgements Notes References Index
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Rutgers University Press Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World:
Book SynopsisChildren and youth are front and center in the context of global mass migration and the social discord around questions of multicultural inclusion that it often ignites. Imprecise portrayals of their inclination to either embrace diversity or to incite racism are used to exemplify both the success and failures of the multicultural project. In the context of young people’s heightened politicization, Open Access volume Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World shifts the focus to a group of Sudanese and Karen refugee youth’s own insights, explanations and practices as they attempt to create a sense of identity and belonging in Australia. These young people engage race, racism and national identity in creative and unexpected ways as they are confronted with the social and moral implications of multiculturalism.Download open access ebook. Trade ReviewBelonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World is a wonderfully fresh account of how refugee-background youth challenge, invert, and identify with racialized and ethnicized identity categories and navigate difference in their daily lives. The book foregrounds the voices of young people themselves, offering a much-needed counter-narrative to the all-too-often calcified identity constructs that animate much political discussion today. More than anything, it offers a rich account of the narrative forces that shape how diverse young people are able to realize a sense of belonging in a multicultural society. -- Amanda Wise * Coeditor of Convivialities: Possibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures *“This book offers a rich ethnography of the lives of refugee youth in a culturally diverse world. Eschewing both celebratory multiculturalism and a narrow focus on racism, the book deftly examines the ways race and friendship are woven together in the identity-making practices of young refugees. Moran insightfully foregrounds the importance of understanding the ‘responsive’ nature of identity in forging a sense of place and belonging in culturally diverse schools.” -- Greg Noble * Coeditor of Convivialities: Possibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures *"Laura Moran’s work is innovative, well researched and engaging. It reminds us of the importance of micro-perspective, accounts of young people and the meanings young people give to broad social narratives they encounter and shows the value of extensive ethnographic fieldwork." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"New Books Network: New Books in Anthropology" interview with Laura Moran * New Books Network: New Books in Anthropology *"The book is exceptionally legible and accessible, is written clearly and concisely, and is available as an Open Access volume. It will appeal to scholars and students across disciplines – such as education, anthropology, sociology, geography, ethnic studies, political science, social work, and public administration – as well as to a general public that is interested in human rights, migration, youth, race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism." * Anthropology Book Forum *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Fieldwork and Research Foundations 2 Multicultural Australia and the Refugee Experience: Ethnographic Settings 3 Identity in Theory: Responsiveness and Belonging Among Refugee Youth 4 Everyday Identity: Self and Belonging through Friendship, Fighting and Dating 5 Performing Identity: Capital and Connecting in Multicultural Context 6 Politicizing Identity: Engaging Racism, Citizenship and the Nation 7 Self, Belonging and Multicultural Morality Appendix Acknowledgements Notes References Index
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Penguin Putnam Inc Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's
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Freehand Books Homes: A Refugee Story
Book SynopsisIn 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria - just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Homes tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated by normalcy - soccer, cousins, video games, friends. Homes is the remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone - and found safety in Canada - with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. As told to her by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, writer Winnie Yeung has crafted a heartbreaking, hopeful, and urgently necessary book that provides a window into understanding Syria.Trade Review"Besides the terrific prose and its more harrowing details, what really makes the 220-page book special is its fully realized portrait of normal, everyday Syria slowly being chipped away at by numerous interests wrestling for power. One of the book's great strengths is the on-the-streets feeling in Syria - kids playing soccer one moment, avoiding unknown peril sneaking through familiar alleys to avoid dangerous checkpoints the next." - Edmonton Journal
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2 Simple Publishing Ltd. Get the Children Out!: Unsung heroes of the
Book SynopsisThe grocer, the teacher, the soldier, the Quaker...Mike Levy shines a light on the courageous deeds of twenty-two women and men who transformed the lives of the Kindertransport and other refugees.In 1938, when the Government refused to act and those around them turned a blind eye, these heroic individuals took it upon themselves to orchestrate one of the greatest lifesaving missions the world has ever seen.Until now the compelling accounts of these extraordinary rescue missions have remained untold.
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Actes Sud Borders
Book SynopsisIn Borders, Jean-Michel André questions the notion of border, a question which takes the form of a wandering, whose starting point is in the Jungle of Calais on the eve of the evacuation of the slum in 2016. André pursued the project over three years in France, Italy, Spain and Tunisia - anywhere there were refugees in search of shelter, anywhere there were men, women and children brought together by the same hope of crossing one final stretch of water. With these images of the Jungle, he mixes various fragments of landscapes to form a visual palimpsest. These silent places never cease to signify partition, rupture and desolation and exhale the vertigo of emptiness. Desires from elsewhere become dust and smoke in these spaces where the human figure, photographed isolated and from behind, is located on a threshold, between reality and imagination, memory and present. With accompanying texts by writer Wilfried N’Sondé, whose novels follow similar themes, together André and N’Sondé combine their disciplines the creation being Borders which is neither a linear series nor narrative – rather a collection of works.
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PIE - Peter Lang Género y movilidades: lecturas feministas de la
Book SynopsisEste libro examina los debates sobre los cambios y continuidades de la migración de las mujeres en contextos geográficos, políticos, económicos y socioculturales diversos y las problemáticas emergentes conceptuales, políticas y socioculturales en torno a ella, desde un enfoque feminista y global. Se centra en cómo la movilidad humana contemporánea, entendida en su relación con la perspectiva de género, permite identificar y analizar los factores de producción de desigualdades políticas, económicas y socioculturales provocadas de manera principal por las transformaciones de la globalización neoliberal. La teoría y la práctica feminist proporcionan un marco conceptual y analítico que busca explicar y modificar las desigualdades que sufren las mujeres y, en particular, las mujeres migrantes. Las preguntas que guían los trabajos que integran este libro giran en torno a la articulación entre patriarcado, interseccionalidades y violencias para dar cuenta de la manera en la que el neoliberalismo patriarcal construye las relaciones de género y la forma en que se han intensificado las desigualdades en los contextos migratorios, a la vez que se abre paso un conjunto de respuestas diversas de la agencia femenina. Por ello, se busca comprender, desde los debates contemporáneos feministas, la manera en que la movilidad se ha transformado recientemente y ha afectado las vidas de las mujeres.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Refugees in Canada: On the Loss of Social and
Book SynopsisThe focus of this book is on the experiences of government-sponsored refugees in the early stages of integrating into Canadian society. Combining data gleaned from a longitudinal study of relatively recently arrived refugees in Calgary, Canada, with a close focus on the case of a physician from Colombia and his family, this volume illustrates how the cultural and social capital of refugees is marginalized and, in some cases, erased by the undervaluing of their education, training, credentials, and other knowledge. The findings presented in the book underscore the importance of addressing the challenge of integrating highly trained professionals into the professions for which they are credentialed.Trade Review“This book is intended for researchers, teachers, and language policies makers. It demystifies the linguistic, social, and economic conditions of refugee families in Canada. It is an excellent example for researching the changes in the social and cultural capital of migrants, indigenous peoples, and transnational families in other countries.” (Lorena Córdova-Hernández, Language Policy, Vol. 21, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: The ProblemChapter 2: The Researcher and the Researched Chapter 3: The Study Chapter 4: The Martinez Family Chapter 5: Robert and Jacqueline Chapter 6: Challenges and a Way Forward
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Springer International Publishing AG War Victims and the Right to a City: From
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the role of integrated spatial planning in constructing eco-sustainable urban housing in post-conflict scenarios and investigates two different spaces in an emergency: Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan and Damascus city in Syria. The book presents a new innovative tool that assists in building a successful and sustainable reconstruction after emergencies which corresponds to the planning approach's heterogeneous nature within emergency situations. The same innovative theoretical framework also covers the ramifications of climate change on the urban built environment and reduces its sociological impact on the stricken communities.This book is intended for researchers, academics, students, spatial planners, policy makers, think tank groups, and public entities who are interested in post-disaster reconstruction and the issues of refugee camps.Table of Contents1. CHAPTER I THE TEMPORARY CITY The temporary city hypothesis The relationship between the camp and the neighborhood How cities absorb and deal with the sudden population influx and the need for urban housing? The C.A.S.E project in L’Aquila- the Abruzzo region- Italy An adequate urban housing for refugees in the Thessaloniki-Greece The refugee camps as an alternative- Jordan 2. CHAPTER II THE URBICIDE The direct urbicide in Syrian cities Postconflict urban reconstruction and redefining a place to live in The repatriated individuals and the right to a city The indirect urbicide “Conflict-induced displacement and the right to the city.” Overview of urban emergency management Developing an integrated approach to planning The methodology process of an integrated planning Opportunities and limits of the integrated planning in temporary settlements 3. CHAPTER III SPACES IN EMERGENCY Damascus city in Syria “Direct urbicide” The Urban Development of Damascus The distribution of the informal settlements in Damascus Damascus urban scenario in war-time The Syrian approach in construction: an eye over the organization laws in Syria The law 10 The Law No.33 Law 9 Assessing the damage in the housing sector The Indirect Urbicide “Zaatari refugee camp” The population growth in Zaatari refugee camp The Zaatari camp as an urban housing: the abrupt space for emergency 4. CHAPTER IV Urban Emergency Integrated Planning [UEIP]. Urban Emergency Integrated Planning UEIP Cities rise again. The Spatial sphere Diagnostic sphere Construction Laws and the technical standards sphere. The innovative theoretical framework: Urban Emergency Integrated Planning [UEIP]. 5. CHAPTER V Conclusion & the FUTURE UEIP Theoretical and Policy Implications 3 Importance of the [UEIP] to urban planning and the future research 6. REFERENCES 7. APPENDICES
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Schooling and Education in Lebanon: Syrian and
Book SynopsisThis book provides insights into the education and schooling of Syrian and Palestinian Syrian children inside and outside Lebanese refugee camps. It describes what is happening to these children and young refugees in terms of their schooling. Investigating the perspectives of children, their parents, teachers, community leaders, and state politicians and bureaucrats on the schooling provisions and educational opportunities for refugee children in Lebanon, this book reveals the condition of social disadvantage that Syrian and Syrian Palestinian refugee children and their families are experiencing in Lebanon. Maadad and Rodwell propose the idea of the pedagogy of the displaced that recognises socio-economic disadvantage and refocuses the nature of the learner and their learning and the philosophy of teaching. A collaborative action of society – the refugee families, the schools, the communities, the host state, the international aid agencies and the rest of the world – in addressing the barriers to education and schooling of the refugee children must break ground and be sustained.Table of ContentsGeopolitics, Middle East Conflicts, Communities – Refugees and Children – Refugees in Lebanon: The Context – The Provision of Schooling and Challenges for Education for Refugees Inside and Outside Camps in Lebanon – Children’s Experiences – Parents’ Concerns Regarding Schooling – Teachers’ Perspectives and Challenges – Community Concerns and Responses – The State and Policy Support.
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Family, Separation and Migration: An
Book SynopsisFamilies are actors and drivers in migration and refugee crises. However, the current protection frameworks privilege the individual over the family unit. Consequently, the stories of families in migration have remained under-researched and their challenges under-addressed. This volume explores the interplay between family, separation, and migration in the Middle East, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and in the context of the 2015 global refugee crisis. Guiding it are two questions: How do family, migration, and separation play out across geographical, political, and historical contexts? And what are the gaps in the protection of migrants and their families? Thirteen authors – academics and practitioners – discuss the international protection for refugees, migration governance, child mobility, disability and immigration, human trafficking, and dilemmas in refugee reporting.The book proposes a paradigm shift in the way we cater to the needs and aspirations of families on the move. Its authors offer evidence-based solutions that cut across polarized discussions on migration and refugees. As such, the volume is aimed at researchers, students, policymakers, and experts working in international relations, migration, human rights, and refugee protection. Table of ContentsRear Admiral Nicola Carlone: Foreword – Oreste Foppiani/Oana A. Scarlatescu: Introduction – Edo Korljan: Family in Europe: An Evolving Concept? – Betty Sacco German: The Italian-Chinese Community in Prato: Insideness, Outsideness, and Cultural Complexes – Robin Ramcharan: International Migration in Southeast Asia: Protection Norms and Challenges Facing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (A.S.E.A.N.) – Elisa Fornalé: Regional Migration Governance and Social Protection of Migrant Workers – Giji Gya: Taking Care of Countering the Business of Trafficking in Human Beings– Mirela Shuteriqi: Unaccompanied and on the Move: Risks and Opportunities for Migrant Children – Oana A. Scarlatescu: Unaccompanied Migrant Minors in the European Union (E.U.): Children or Illegal Migrants? A Comparative Analysis of Belgium, the United Kingdom (UK), and Romania – Warren Rosenblum: Bodies Wanted and Unwanted: The History of Immigration and Disability – Cecilie Hellestveit: Exodus in the Middle East & the International Law Related to Internal Conflict – Sumbul Rizvi: Contemporary Challenges of Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration – Sabine Nasser: The Psychological Effects and Traumas of Syrian Women and Children – Pamela Ballinger: Wartime Evacuations and the Restoration of Italian Families after 1945: A Critical Prehistory for Family Reunification Policy? – Gunilla von Hall: The War Correspondent’s View: Dilemmas in Reporting in Refugees – Oreste Foppiani/Oana A. Scarlatescu: Conclusion
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Family, Separation and Migration: An
Book SynopsisFamilies are actors and drivers in migration and refugee crises. However, the current protection frameworks privilege the individual over the family unit. Consequently, the stories of families in migration have remained under-researched and their challenges under-addressed. This volume explores the interplay between family, separation, and migration in the Middle East, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and in the context of the 2015 global refugee crisis. Guiding it are two questions: How do family, migration, and separation play out across geographical, political, and historical contexts? And what are the gaps in the protection of migrants and their families? Thirteen authors – academics and practitioners – discuss the international protection for refugees, migration governance, child mobility, disability and immigration, human trafficking, and dilemmas in refugee reporting. The book proposes a paradigm shift in the way we cater to the needs and aspirations of families on the move. Its authors offer evidence-based solutions that cut across polarized discussions on migration and refugees. As such, the volume is aimed at researchers, students, policymakers, and experts working in international relations, migration, human rights, and refugee protection.Table of ContentsForeword by Rear Admiral Nicola Carlone, Italian Coast Guard – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Edo Korljan: Family in Europe: An Evolving Concept? – Betty Sacco German: The Italian-Chinese Community in Prato: Insideness, Outsideness, and Cultural Complexes – Robin Ramcharan: International Migration in Southeast Asia: Protection Norms and Challenges Facing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (A.S.E.A.N.) – Elisa Fornalé: Regional Migration Governance and Social Protection of Migrant Workers – Giji Gya: Taking Care of Countering the Business of Trafficking in Human Beings – Mirela Shuteriqi: Unaccompanied and on the Move: Risks and Opportunities for Migrant Children – Oana A. Scarlatescu: Unaccompanied Migrant Minors in the European Union: Children or Irregular Migrants? A Comparative Analysis of Belgium, Romania, and the United Kingdom – Warren Rosenblum: A Universal Madness: Disability and Immigration Policy in Modern History – Cecilie Hellestveit: The Syrian Exodus and the International Law of Internal Conflict-Induced Displacement – Sumbul Rizvi: A Snapshot of Global Challenges to Refugee Protection in 2014–2015: Regional Trends and Protection at Sea – Sabine Nasser: The Psychosocial Effects on and Traumas of Syrian Women and Children Refugees – Pamela Ballinger: Wartime Evacuations and the Restoration of Italian Families after 1945: A Critical Prehistory for Family Reunification Policy? – Gunilla von Hall: Dilemmas in Refugee and Migration Reporting – Conclusion – Abstracts and Keywords – Contributors – Index.
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Pano Verlag In This Place We Are Very Far Away from God: Raum
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Springer International Publishing AG Political Asylum Deceptions: The Culture of
Book SynopsisThis book explores the legitimacy of political asylum applications in the US and UK through an examination of the varieties of evidence, narratives, and documentation with which they are assessed. Credibility is the central issue in determining the legitimacy of political asylum seekers, but the line between truth and lies is often elusive, partly because desperate people often have to use deception to escape persecution. The vetting process has become infused with a climate of suspicion that not only assesses the credibility of an applicant’s story and differentiates between the economic migrant and the person fleeing persecution, but also attempts to determine whether an applicant represents a future threat to the receiving country. This innovative text approaches the problem of deception from several angles, including increased demand for evidence, uses of new technologies to examine applicants’ narratives, assessments of forged documents, attempts to differentiate between victims and persecutors, and ways that cultural misunderstandings can compromise the process. Essential reading for researchers and students of Political Science, International Studies, Refugee and Migration Studies, Human Rights, Anthropology, Sociology, Law, Public Policy, and Narrative Studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- SECTION ONE: Asylum Fraud.Chapter 1: Asylum Fraud.- SECTION TWO: Evidence: What Counts as Evidence?Chapter 2: Narratives.Chapter 3: Documentary Evidence.Chapter 4: Science and Technology as Determinants of Credibility.SECTION THREE: Misunderstandings and Suspicion.Chapter 5: Your Bribery is My Networking: Understanding the Meaning of Exchange in Asylum Claims.Chapter 6: New forms of Evidence: Membership in a Particular Social Group.SECTION FOUR: Victim or Perpetrator.Chapter 7: A Case Study: from Perpetrator to Victim to Perpetrator.Chapter 8: Victim or Perpetrator?.- Conclusion.
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Duncker & Humblot Migration Und Solidaritat / Migration and
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Uber Grenzen: Migration und Flucht in globaler
Book SynopsisGlobale Migrations- und Fluchtbewegungen pragen gegenwartig politische, gesellschaftliche und wissenschaftliche Debatten. Bildete Europa am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs eine der grossten fluchtlingsgenerierenden Regionen, steht es heute vor allem als Ziel weltweiter Migration im Fokus. Der Sammelband bietet auf aktuellem Forschungsstand ein breites Panorama an zeithistorischen, politik- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Beitragen. Sie diskutieren kontroverse Begriffe wie Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsmigration, Zwangsmigration und politische Flucht, analysieren Netzwerke, Infrastrukturen und Akteure verschiedener Migrationsregime und fragen nach Konzepten und Praktiken politischer Steuerung. Mit Fallbeispielen zu Europa, Nord-, Mittel- und Sudamerika, zu Afrika, Asien und dem Nahen Osten vom Zweiten Weltkrieg bis in die Gegenwart leistet der Band einen fundierten und facettenreichen Beitrag zu einem hochaktuellen Forschungsfeld.
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Peter Lang AG Bildnis der Arbeit: Emotionen, Werte und
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Peter Lang AG Topographien der Globalisierung: Band II
Book SynopsisDieser Band ist das Ergebnis der wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den Problemen unserer Zeit, die durch die Globalisierungsfolgen geprägt ist. Die hier versammelten Texte unterstreichen die Bedeutung der Bewältigung der globalen Probleme: Umweltdesaster, ökonomische Krisen und Leistungsdruck in der globalisierten Arbeitswelt müssen politische Lösungen finden. Die Beiträge widmen sich zudem der wachsenden Divergenz von sprachlichen und politischen Grenzen, den Problemen Migration und Flucht als Folgen globaler Krisen, der Identitätsfindung von mehrsprachigen Dichtern, den Autoren mit Migrationshintergrund und den Vertretern der sogenannten kleinen Literatur wie auch den internationalen Standards im wissenschaftlichen Betrieb. Schließlich bieten zwei literarische Texte den Blick auf den Nationenbegriff und die Aspekte Mehrsprachigkeit und kulturelle Heterogenität.
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Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Die Lange Dauer Der Flucht - Analysen Aus
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Kerber Verlag I Am Alive: How Children Survived a Century of
Book SynopsisToday, 426 million children are growing up in war zones. Since 1919 Save the Children has been protecting and promoting the well-being of children in more than 110 countries. For its 100th anniversary, this global, large and independent children's rights organisation is teaming with the Swiss photojournalist Dominik Nahr to present the stories of 10 children and a 'baby of hope', all of whom survived the wars of the past century. This touching illustrated volume tells of their fates, of everyday life in war, of escape and persecution, but also how they found hope and their own paths, despite the adversity they faced. Guest authors: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ingo Zamperoni, Jon Swain, Anne Watts, Margrethe Vestager, Ban Ki-moon, Professor Wole Soyinka, Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen, Ulrike C. Tscharre, Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Dr. Gerd Müller
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Kerber Verlag Winfried Muthesius: 1.000 Odysseen
Book SynopsisIn his latest series of works, entitled 1.000 Odysseen, Winfried Muthesius (b. 1957) uses his photographs to explore the globally divisive topics of refugeeism and displacement. The artist, who lives and works in Berlin and Cape Verde, photographed items washed ashore on the remote beaches of the Cape Verde islands. These disturbingly poetic images for the most part show details of damaged or destroyed flip-flops — the simple footwear of people living in poverty. In the exhibition at the Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg, Muthesius enters into a dialogue with Oskar Kokoschka’s piece Rest on the Flight into Egypt, using this example to evoke humankind’s long history of flight and exile. This book features numerous images from the series, with hitherto unpublished drawings by the artist, images of works from his broken gold series, as well as texts by Pia Beckmann, Christhard-Georg Neubert, and an interview with Winfried Muthesius. Text in English and German.
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Tectum Verlag The Role of Non-State Actors for Refugees in
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Transcript Verlag Embodied Violence and Agency in Refugee Regimes:
Book SynopsisMultiple refugee regimes govern the lives of forced migrants simultaneously but in an often conflicting way. As a mechanism of inclusion/exclusion, they tend to engender the violence they sought to dissipate. Protection and control channel agency through mechanisms of either tutelage and victimisation or criminalisation. This book contrasts multiple groups of refugees and refugee regimes, revealing the inherent coercive violence of refugee regimes, from displacement and expulsion, to stereotypification and exclusion in host countries, and academic knowledge essentialisation. This violence is international, national, society-based, internalised, and embodied - and it urgently needs due scholarly attention.
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Transcript Verlag From Shelters to Dwellings – The Dismantling and
Book SynopsisIn Zaatari camp, Jordan, thousands of Syrian refugees were sheltered in tents and caravans, which they steadily appropriated and turned into dwellings that responded to their social and cultural needs. In this book, Ayham Dalal takes a closer look at this remarkable transformation. He draws on the tension between 'the shelter' and 'the dwelling' to unravel how new spaces unfold in between them, where refugees become architects and the camp is dismantled and reassembled. From Shelters to Dwellings is the first study to uniquely combine ethnographic observations with new architectural research methods, to illustrate in detail how refugees inhabit shelters. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how camps and shelters are transformed by the powerful act of dwelling.
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Transcript Verlag Internment Refugee Camps: Historical and
Book SynopsisHow did and does the fate of refugees unfold in internment camps? The contributors facilitate an extensive engagement with the organized, state led, and forced placement of refugees in the past and present. They show the parallels and differences between the practices and types of internment in different countries - while considering the specific historical contexts. Moreover, they highlight the nexus of relationships and agencies which constitute the camps in question as transitory spaces. The contributions consist of analyses of local phenomena or case studies as well as comparative engagements from an international and/or historical perspective.
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Transcript Verlag Living in Refuge: Ritualization and Religiosity
Book SynopsisThis comparative ethnography of a Muslim and a Christian Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon focuses on contrasting social belonging processes through a ritualization approach. Leonardo Schiocchet argues that contrasts emerge out of the intersectionality of religiosity, nationhood, refugeeness and politics, and synthesizes academic research on piety and moral self-cultivation and on the everyday life of religious communities. He contributes to the literature on refugees at large, and Palestinian refugees in particular, with the unique dense socio-historical portrait of two refugee camps for which there is almost no recorded literature.Table of ContentsIntroduction; A Disposition toward Suspicion; Settling in Lebanon: An Oral Historical Account; Ritual Tempo in Al-Jalil; Ritual Tempo in Dbayeh; On Ritual, Religion, and Time; Al-ṣumūd: Sacralization and Ritualization of Palestinianness; Economies of Trust; Conclusion; References; Index.
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Transcript Verlag Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange
Book SynopsisRestrictions on academic freedom, persecution and armed conflict have forced many scholars into exile. So far, the professional trajectories of these scholars and their contributions to knowledge exchange have not been studied comprehensively. The contributors to this volume address the situations and networks of scholars in exile, the challenges they face in their host countries and the opportunities they use. These issues are highly relevant to discussions about the moral economies of higher education institutions and support programs. Although the contributions largely focus on Germany as a host country, they also offer telling examples of forced mobility in the Global South, including both contemporary and historical perspectives.
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