scholarly journals What Does a Humane Infrastructure for Research Look Like?

Refuge ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Estella Carpi

In this intervention I make two main suggestions to humanize refugee research. First, the tendency to select “research hotspots” as field sites—where researchers tend to approach the same interviewees and spaces—should not only be called out and avoided, but battled against. Second, I suggest that refugee research should collaborate directly with other studies of social, political, and economic phenomena in an effort to not make displacement the sine qua non condition for doing research but, instead, only one of the many conditions a human being can inhabit within receiving societies. Pursuing this aim will be easier when studies on forced migration do not become compartmentalized and develop in isolation from other disciplines and research groups.

Author(s):  
Raquel Flores

ABSTRACTThis essay is part of a reflection whose purpose is to discuss and clarify some points and tensions around gender issues from the perspective of embodied consciousness, corporeality and temporality. The texts to be discussed for this purpose are the authors Edgar Morin: Introduction to Complex Thought (1994) and The Mind Sorted Bien (2001); Jacques Luc Nancy, Community DOA (2000) and Merleau-Ponty (1975) Phenomenology of Perception, authors who have allowed a glimpse of new theoretical contributions to gender. The challenge arises from the Philosophical Anthropology is trying to understand the “human phenomenon”, from a metaphysical perspective, according to this conception, the human being is the result of what he does to himself in his relationship with nature. To start this reflection, it is necessary to recognize that it arises from the Phenomenology, which is also considered a philosophy for which the world is always “already there” before reflection as an inalienable presence and allows to account for the space, time and "lived" world. Hurssel the theorist who founded this movement says: I'm not the result or crosslinking of the many coincidences that determine my body or my “psyche” but rather, all I know the world, I know from a prospect or mine experience the world without which the symbols of science would not want to say anything. (Husserl, 1913, p. 369-370)RESUMENEl presente ensayo es parte de una reflexión cuyo propósito es discutir y dilucidar algunos puntos de encuentro y tensiones en torno a la temática de género desde la perspectiva de la conciencia encarnada, la corporalidad y la temporalidad. Los textos que serán abordados para este objetivo son de los autores Edgar Morin: Introducción al Pensamiento Complejo (1994) y La Mente Bien Ordenada (2001); Jacques Luc Nancy, Comunidad Inoperante (2000) y Merlau-Ponty (1975) Fenomenología de la Percepción, autores que han permitido vislumbrar nuevos aportes teóricos al tema de género. El desafío que surge desde la Antropología Filosófica es tratar de entender el “fenómeno humano”, desde una perspectiva metafísica, según esta concepción el ser humano es el resultado de lo que hace consigo mismo en su relación con la naturaleza. Para iniciar esta reflexión, se hace necesario reconocer que ésta surge desde la Fenomenología, la que también es considerada una filosofía, para la cual el mundo está siempre “ya ahí”, antes de la reflexión como una presencia inalienable y que permite dar cuenta del espacio, del tiempo y del mundo “vividos”. Hurssel el teórico que funda este movimiento afirma que: no soy el resultado o entrecruzamiento de las múltiples casualidades que determinan mi cuerpo o mi “psiquismo” sino más bien, todo lo que sé del mundo, lo sé a partir de una perspectiva mía o de una experiencia del mundo sin la cual los símbolos de la ciencia no querrían decir nada. (Husserl, 1913. p. 369-370).


2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 287-293
Author(s):  
Daniela Vallega-Neu ◽  

This paper is about my latest book on Heidegger’s non-public writings on the event. It begins with a discussion of Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event) and ends with The Event, spanning roughly the years 1936 to 1941. I pay primary attention to shift of attunements, concepts, and movement of thought in these volumes. Thereby a narrative emerges that traces a shift from a more Nietzschean pathos emphasizing the power of beyng to a more mystical approach in which Heidegger thinks “the beingless,” “what is without power,” and speaks of originary thinking as a thanking rather than a questioning. The shift begins to happen in 1939, the year World War II broke out but becomes clearly visible in 1940 in the volume On Inception (GA 70). Heidegger’s path of thinking is one of downgoing into the most concealed dimension of the truth of beyng and an attempt at thinking more radically without primacy of the human being. Among the many questions my book engages, I am focusing especially on the articulation of both the difference and simultaneity of beyng and beings in relation to attunement, body, history, and Heidegger’s errancies.


Author(s):  
Chia Youyee Vang

The Vietnam War is the subject of hundreds of scholarly studies, policy reports, memoirs, and literary titles. As America’s longest and most controversial war, it coincided with domestic turmoil in the United States and in Southeast Asia, led to the displacement of large numbers of people, and strained the social fabric of Cambodian, Lao, and Vietnamese societies. The complex nature of the war means that despite the many books that have been written about it, much remains to unfold, in particular the experiences of ethnic minorities in Laos who became entangled in Cold War politics during the 1960s and 1970s. This book fills the gap by exploring the dramatic forces of history that drew several dozen young Hmong men to become fighter pilots in the United States’ Secret War in Laos, which was in direct support of the larger war in Vietnam. They transformed from ethnic minorities who mostly lived on the margins of Lao society to daring airmen working alongside American pilots. After four decades in exile, surviving pilots, families of those killed in action, and American veterans who worked with them collectively narrated their version of the historical events that resulted in the forced migration of nearly 150,000 Hmong to the United States. By privileging Hmong knowledge, this book begs us to reconsider the war from overlooked perspectives and to engage in the ongoing construction of meanings of war and postwar memories in shaping ethnic and national identities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-516
Author(s):  
Yurii M. Goncharov ◽  
Ksenia A. Tishkina

During World War I a large number of refugees evacuated to the Russian Empires periphery, such as the many Poles who were temporarily transported eastward to Siberia. This article studies their repatriation after the conflicts end, which bears some relevance to forced migration, refugees and repatriation in todays world. Based on archival and secondary sources, the authors endeavor to reconstruct the repatriation of Polish refugees from Altai province in southern Siberia. Beginning in earnest after the Soviet Unions war with Poland of 1918-21, their return was hampered by the difficult conditions of the past Civil War and the countrys economic crisis. Although an extensive network of organizations was set up to carry the repatriation out, poor communication with the center, insufficient staff and the absence of registration forms made its work extremely difficult. At the same time, many refugees returned on their own, which further complicated matters. Nevertheless, most Poles eventually made it back home. The Russian-Ukrainian-Polish Mixed Commission on Repatriation announced that its work was done in 1924, although in fact it lasted for another year.


1989 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Jakob Fløe Nielsen

The Christology in the Hymns of GrundtvigBy Jakob Fløe NielsenThe intention of the paper is to show the coherent and complete Christological conception that lies behind the many specific christological expressions in Grundtvig’s hymns, a christology that was never thoroughly elaborated by Grundtvig himself. The superior christological scheme is the descent and abasement of the Son of God from heaven to the land of death and the following exaltation to divine glory. Grundtvig’s strong emphasis upon man’s preserved image of God in spite of the Fall has, however, the consequence that the exaltation mentioned becomes a threefold presentation: 1. the resurrection and ascension of Christ in person repeating itself in history, 2. Christ passing through the seven leading churches of Christianity in his Word (especially in the words of the sacraments) towards the final transfiguration of the world, and 3. at the same time Christ fulfilling his own exaltation in the form of "the hope of glory" (Colossians 1.27) within each baptized. The background to this third aspect is Grundtvig’s concept of the fact that Christ offers himself to the faith in the words at baptism and Eucharist. In spite of the fall he here melts together with the preserved image of God within the believer. So at the same time as the fallen human being is reborn through baptism as the child of God, Christ is born as the tender hope of glory in the believer in the meeting of the word of the Holy Spirit and the human faith. The growth of Christ within the believing baptized is identical with that person’s transfiguration, as man’s destination from creation is realized: to be in the image of his God.In this process the Eucharist plays a decisive part. Where the words of institution are heard and believed, it signifies Christ’s victory over Satan within the baptized, and is also an expression of Christ inspiring his heavenly love into man to strengthen and glorify his earthly and powerless love. Thus, the christology in Grundtvig’s hymns in addition to being a description of a past event also becomes the rendering of the ongoing struggle between God and Satan in history and within the life of each Christian.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Satu Savo ◽  
Maija S. Peltola

Considering all the many challenges of forced migration to the immigrants themselves, learning the local language is of extreme importance when attempting to integrate into a new society. Earlier research shows that the mother tongue phonology disturbs the perception of those redundant contrasts that are crucial to the target language, which then affects the production of the second language. The main purpose of this study was to see whether Arabic speakers learn to produce universally difficult non-native vowel sounds with only a short and simple articulatory training protocol. Thirteen Arabic speaking asylum seekers were tested and trained with natural stimuli produced by four speakers. The vowels /y/ and /ø/ were embedded in pseudowords /ty:ti/ and /tø:ti/. The first three formants of both pre- and post-test productions were analyzed, and the results of both acoustic and statistical analyses showed that there was a significant change in the production of both vowels. This implies that even a short-term phonetic training improves the production of the target language, which is worth noting as an enabler of the language learning process that immigrants undergo during their journey towards cultural integration.


Author(s):  
Deborah J. Brown ◽  
Calvin G. Normore

In the Introduction, we explain what this book is about and why it is significant. The book concerns the question of whether the many ordinary objects of which Descartes speaks—including tools, automata, animals, plants, the human body, the human being, families, and nation states—have any place in his metaphysical system, or whether they should be eliminated from a properly Cartesian scientific worldview. This study is significant both for challenging the standard reductionist and eliminativist readings of Descartes’ natural philosophy and for offering a different way of thinking about such issues in contemporary debates. The introduction offers the reader a quick tour through the chapters, giving a concise overview of the aims and structure of the entire book.


Refuge ◽  
2001 ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Chenoweth ◽  
Laura Burdick

Refugee elders in resettlement represent a small but very vulnerable population. Regardless of age, vitality, or employability, elders play a critical role in upholding a family strength and stability through the difficult period of forced migration. Yet, most resettlement countries provide few services to elders beyond those given to the whole family in the forms of housing, income support, and health care. The lack of elder-specific services may be the result of limited resettlement numbers, inadequate resources, or unfamiliarity with elders’ unique needs. This article discusses the many common needs and challenges of refugee elders through a literature review and follows with recommendations for interventions and integration activities. The authors suggest that skillful needs assessment and creative program design can help to restore elders’ dignity and vitality, thereby strengthening the family unit. The article is based on the authors’ experiences as technical assistance advisers to over 130 private and public refugee elder programs in the United States from 1997 to 2000.


2016 ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Felipe Curin Gutiérrez

ResumenDesde el primer asentamiento mapuche en la capital de Chile, hacia los años30 y 40 del siglo XX, se tienen registros y testimonios de las experienciasde asociatividad mapuche con fines políticos, sea en partidos políticos,sindicatos y organizaciones populares. Con la dictadura toda forma deorganización oficial es prohibida y hacia finales de los 80 y principios de los90 surgen, en Santiago de Chile, organizaciones autónomas e independientesdel Estado, que tienen como consigna la autonomía y la autodeterminaciónmapuche. De ahí en adelante surgen variadas experiencias de asociatividadmapuche en la ciudad y muchas de estas experiencias reivindican lahistoricidad de migración forzada como configuración de un actor político,y la posibilidad de nuevas identidades mapuche en la ciudad como unaposición política. Las nuevas generaciones de mapuche nacidos y criados enSantiago aprehenden y asumen su historia como un quiebre epistemológicoen sus vidas, provocando un fenómeno de mapuchización, que refiere a laaprehensión política de su identidad e historia familiar, expresada en lasmúltiples prácticas individuales y colectivas a las que se les atribuye unsentido estrictamente político.Palabras clave: diáspora mapuche, mapuchización, jóvenes mapuche,mapuchismo.Political practices of young mapuche in Santiagobetween 1998 and 2011AbstractSince the first Mapuche settlement in the Chilean capital, by the years 30sand 40s of the Twentieth Century, there are records and testimonies ofexperiences of Mapuche partnerships for political purposes, whether inpolitical parties, trade unions or popular organizations. The dictatorshipprohibited any form of official organization and in the late 80s and early90s, autonomous and independent state organizations emerge in Santiago,advancing Mapuche autonomy and self-determination. Thereafter, varied experiences of Mapuche partnerships emerged in the city; many of themdefend the historicity of forced migration as a political actor, and thepossibility of new Mapuche identities as a political position in the city. Thenew generations of Mapuche – born and raised in Santiago – apprehend andassume their history as an epistemological break in their lives, causing aphenomenon called mapuchizacion, which refers to the political apprehensionof their identity and family history, expressed in the many individual andcollective practices with a strictly political sense.Keywords: Mapuche diaspora, mapuchización, young Mapuche,mapuchismo.As práticas políticas dos jovens mapuche emSantiago entre 1998 e 2011ResumoA partir do primeiro assentamento Mapuche na capital do Chile, entre osanos 30 e 40 anos do século XX, há registros e testemunhos das experiênciasde associatividade Mapuche para fins políticos, seja nos partidos políticos,sindicatos e organizações populares. Com a ditadura toda forma deorganização oficial é proibida e no final dos anos 80 e início dos anos 90emergem em Santiago de Chile, organizações autônomas e independentesdo Estado, que tiveram como consigna a autonomia e autodeterminaçãoMapuche. Em diante, surgiram diversas experiências de associatividadeMapuche na cidade e muitas destas experiências reivindicam a historicidadeda migração forçada como configuração de um ator político, e a possibilidadede novas identidades Mapuches na cidade como uma posição política. Asnovas gerações de Mapuches nascidos e criados em Santiago apreendeme assumem sua história como uma ruptura epistemológica em suas vidas,provocando um fenômeno de mapuchización, que se refere à apreensãopolítica da sua identidade e história da família, expressada nas diversaspráticas individuais e coletivas as que possuem um sentido estritamentepolítico.Palavras-chave: diáspora Mapuche, mapuchización, jovem mapuche,mapuchismo


2016 ◽  
pp. 383-395
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Zastawnik

The problem of the disease, di­rectly or indirectly, affects every human being. Despite the development of many sciences that lend it to a thorough as­sessment, disease and suffering are for us largely a mystery. We observe that at a time when a person is faced with one of the many unknowns in life, what is a disease. This difficult moment of hu­man existence makes that a man is faced with existential questions, including re­flection on death. The issue not concerns only the sick people, but also members of their families. They must also confront their past life with a new, uneasy reality. Article draws attention to the role that for the patient has contact with oth­er people, especially with family mem­bers. By understanding the dificulty of these relationships, the author points to the need of building mutual understand­ing and taking in families uneasy dia­logue of two worlds: the world of the dis­ease and the world of healthy people. At the same time it points to the family as on the environment in shaping a prop­er attitude toward our neighbor, it also learn to overcome common difficulties and mutual responsibility.


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