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Anti-Racism from the Margins: Welcoming Refugees at Schengen’s Northernmost Border
2018
Through events of solidarity with refugees that unfolded at the Arctic border between Norway and Russia in 2015, we critically address two common analyses of racism and humanitarianism. First, we argue that the often-claimed explanation that racism results from disenfranchised social class fails to identify solidarities across marginalized groups. Furthermore, as anti-Muslim racism has become more mainstream in the Nordic region, solidarity with refugees offers critical positions in relation to political centers. Second, the case demonstrates how humanitarian action and politicized refugee activism are not necessarily separate forms of action but more entangled forms of engagement. The case…
Introduction: Mediterranean Movements and the Reconfiguration of the Military-Humanitarian Border in 2015
2018
This article deals with the transformations occurred in the government of refugees in the Mediterranean since 2013, when the military-humanitarian operation Mare Nostrum was launched by the European Union. The paper analyses how military and humanitarian practices are entangled in governing refugees and develops the notion of military-humanitarianism. The Mediterranean borderzone has undergone radical reconfigurations over the last few years. Particularly, new technologies of control for strengthening the role of the Mediterranean Sea as a pre-frontier of Europe have been put in place. The production and the declaration of a "refugee crisis" in Europe has contributed to producing important …
The global politics of celebrity humanitarianism
2014
Localizing Global Solidarity: Humanitarian Aid in Lesvos
2021
The so-called “refugee crisis” in Lesvos, Greece provides a poignant example of situated, local suffering that has called for the coordination of global resources to provide relief. Some of the first to respond were local and international Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity (CIGS). While a growing role for CIGS has been interpreted as a call for more global involvement, arguments for the increased localization of relief efforts suggest the need for aid agents to maintain a reflexive awareness of the potential for an influx of outside assistance to disempower those most affected. We argue that barriers to implementing the localization of humanitarian aid can be better understood by po…
La influència de l´humanisme catòlic anglès a Catalunya durant el període d´entreguerres:la contribució d´Hilaire Belloc
2021
L’estudi de la popularització a Catalunya del periodisme anglès d’arrel catòlica durant els anys vint i trenta s’ha centrat bàsicament sobre la figura de G. K. Chesterton. No obstant això, el seu gran amic, el polemista Hilaire Belloc, també va tenir una certa presència a Catalunya a través del contacte directe amb el país, la traducció dels seus articles i obres i la col·laboració en mitjans catalans. El fet que Belloc fos clarament un antimodern apologeta de la fe cristiana i l’ideòleg original d’un sistema polític i econòmic d’arrel medievalitzant anomenat distributisme, així com un notable historiador i autor de biografies, va dotar la seva figura d’un caràcter polièdric i d’un interès …
'Weises' Lachen als Erziehungsmittel. Rocarda Huchs Novelle Teufeleien
2020
Artykuł stanowi próbę przedstawienia najistotniejszych cech pisarstwa Ricardy Huch z jej wczesnej fazy twórczości. Z metodologicznego punktu widzenia podstawę do badań stanowią: biografia autorki oraz jej zakorzenienie w historii myśli wczesnego romantyzmu niemieckiego. W myśl wczesnych romantyków, a w szczególności Novalisa, Huch dążyła do swoistej syntezy między faktami historycznymi a sposobem postrzegania rzeczywistości przez piszącego artystę – ten jednocześnie myśląc o jemu współczesnych, kieruje się zamysłem pedagogicznym, którego nadrzędnym celem jest przestrzeganie zasad humanitaryzmu w społeczeństwie.