scholarly journals New Vulnerabilities for Migrants and Refugees in State Responses to the Global Pandemic, COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Claudia Tazreiter ◽  
Simon Metcalfe
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Responses

This article examines the global pandemic, COVID-19, through the lens of responses to vulnerable migrants, asking what state responses mean for the future of human rights values and for humanitarian interventions. The responses of the Australian state are developed as a case study of actions and policies directed at refugees and temporary migrant workers through the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical framing of the article draws on racial capitalism to argue that the developments manifest during the ‘crisis times’ of COVID-19 are in large part a continuity of the exclusionary politics of bordering practices at the heart of neoliberal capitalism. The article proposes that a rethinking of foundational theoretical and methodological approaches in the social sciences are needed to reflect contemporary changes in justice claims, claims that increasingly recognize the multi-species nature of existential threats to all life.

scholarly journals External Shocks in the Art Markets: How Did the Portuguese, the Spanish and the Brazilian Art Markets React to COVID-19 Global Pandemic? Data Analysis and Strategies to Overcome the Crisis

Arts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Adelaide Duarte ◽  
Ana Letícia Fialho ◽  
Marta Pérez-Ibáñez
Keyword(s):  
Art Market ◽  
External Shocks ◽  
Art Markets ◽  
Art Galleries ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Brazilian Art ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, and the restrictions imposed by the social distance and the enforced confinement, are having an impact on the art markets globally. The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of an external shock in the primary art market, using three countries as a case study: Portugal, Spain, and Brazil. These geographies have in common being at the margins in the art market’s main art hubs. It is intended to analyze how agents are responding to the new context, according to the data gathered within the gallery sector. The methods applied in the research are a combination of surveys carried out by the authors, field-based observation, along with an academic literature review, complemented by international and national reports analysis. The study’s main findings allow us to characterize the art market as a very resilient sector that energetically responded to the crisis, able to adapt and overcome challenges imposed by the new pandemic situation. Contemporary art galleries expanded digital activities, kept participating in art fairs hybrid models, continued to focus on internationalization, and pointed to the strengthening of public policies towards the sector and partnerships as key strategies to overcome the crisis.

Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 110-120
Author(s):  
Leah F. Vosko
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Agricultural Worker ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Incremental Change ◽  
Migration Management ◽  
Legal Case ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
Migrant Work

This concluding chapter reflects on the significance of the legal case of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) employeess at Sidhu & Sons for expanding understandings of the meaning of deportability and its applicability to temporary migrant work program (TMWP) participants laboring not only in Canada but also in other relatively high-income host states embracing migration management and the measures it prescribes. Obstacles to limiting deportability writ large will persist so long as migration management dominates paradigmatically. Nevertheless, in combination with the forward-looking organizing efforts already being undertaken by unions and worker centers, in areas where unionization is difficult to achieve partly because of the still-dominant Wagnerian-styled model of unionization, certain modest interventions in policy and practice hold promise in forging change and curbing deportability among temporary migrant workers. Because the foregoing case study focused on the SAWP, the alternatives outlined in this chapter primarily address this TMWP. Given, however, that the SAWP is often touted as a model of migration management, they seek to provide meaningful avenues toward incremental change in other TMWPs in Canada and elsewhere.

‘[W]e Find Families for Children, Not Children for Families’: An Incident in the Long and Unhappy History of Relations between Social Workers and Adoptive Parents

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Quartly
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Adoptive Parent ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
Australian State ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Relatively little work on adoption focuses on the role of social workers. This article gives an account of the conflict between social workers and prospective adoptive parents which developed in Australia in the 1970s, taking as a case study the conflicting roles of adoptive parent advocates and professional social workers within the Standing Committee on Adoption in the Australian state of Victoria. Its overarching concern lies with the historical attitudes of the social work profession towards adoption, both domestic and intercountry, as these have changed from an embrace of both adoption and adoptive parents to mutual alienation. It concludes that the inclusive practice of radical social work could only briefly contain contesting client groups.

scholarly journals Exploitation and Liberation: Case Study of Women Workers in Surat’s Unorganised Sector

Social Change ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-27
Author(s):  
Kiran Desai
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
Status Of Women

Based on an empirical study, this article narrates the condition and status of women workers engaged in the unorganised sector in Surat. The city, considered Gujarat’s economic hub and business capital, is known for its small- and medium-scale industries (SMSIs) especially those connected with weaving, dying-printing, embroidery and diamonds. A number of non-industrial, informal sector livelihood activities, known as the fringe sub-sector, are integrated with the city’s main industrial activities. Studies reveal that a high number of migrant workers from all over India eke their livelihood from this wide spectrum of economic activities combining both these sub-sectors in which women constitute a significant proportion of this workforce. The article firstly describes their demographic profile as well as their working conditions. It also takes into account not only their contribution in terms of an economic income but also outlines their impact in the social sphere. The article argues that though the work milieu of the unorganised sector is as exploitative and oppressive for women workers as it is for men, to a certain extent there is an element of liberation for women in their social existence.

Disrupting Deportability

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah F Vosko
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Agricultural Worker ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Collective Representation ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
Migrant Work

This book highlights obstacles confronting temporary migrant workers in Canada seeking to exercise their labor rights. It explores the effects of deportability on Mexican nationals participating in Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). The book follows the decade-long legal and political struggle of a group of Mexican SAWP migrants in British Columbia to establish and maintain meaningful collective representation. The case study reveals how modalities of deportability—such as termination without cause, blacklisting, and attrition—destabilize legally authorized temporary migrant agricultural workers. Through this detailed exposé, the book concludes that despite the formal commitments to human, social, and civil rights to which migration management ostensibly aspires, the design and administration of this “model” temporary migrant work program produces conditions of deportability, making the threat possibility of removal ever-present.

scholarly journals Barriers to Health-Care Access: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Temporary Migrant Workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223
Author(s):  
Md Sayed Uddin ◽  
Muhammad Mehedi Masud ◽  
Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Barriers To Health Care ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
Barriers To Health

scholarly journals Studi Kasus Kebiasaan Belajar dan Self Management pada Anak Pekerja Migran

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Irma Lia Mutiara ◽  
Blasius Boli Lasan ◽  
Triyono Triyono
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Interest

<div align="center"><table width="645" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="439"><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> The purpose of this research was to. Learning Habits and<em> Self Management </em>of Children of Low-achieving Migrant Workers in Elementary School Students in Ponorogo<em>. </em>This research uses a qualitative approach to the type of case study. The result shows that the learning achievement of migrant workers' children was influenced by several factors namely there were four aspects of learning habits including how to take lessons, how to study independently, how to study groups and how to study textbooks. While self-management of migrant workers' children is obtained 3 (three) aspects, they are self-encouragement, self-care and self-control. Another factor influencing the learning habits and self-management of migrant worker children is the giving of attention and affection from the family which causes children to tend to be passive. Implications of Learning Habits and Self-Management of Knowledge. workers' children in four areas of guidance and counseling namely the private field is able to regulate themselves, willingness of discipline, and have a sense of responsibility. In the social field, namely developing women to socialize and communicate with their environment, the habit of manners is high. Counselors help students to choose and determine future careers according to students' talents and self-interest. The last field is learning by providing tutoring services to students in order to obtain effective study habits to develop students' curiosity in adding knowledge.</p><p class="Abstract"><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengertahui cara belajar dan <em>self management</em> anak pekerja migran berprestasi renda pada siswa sekolah dasar di Ponorogo. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif jenis studi kasus. Hasil analisa menunjukkan bahwa prestasi belajar anak pekerja migran dipengaruhi oleh empat aspek kebiasaan belajar, meliputi cara mengikuti pelajaran, cara belajar mandiri, cara belajar kelompok, dan cara mempelajari buku teks. <em>Self management </em>pada anak pekerja migran diperoleh tiga aspek, yaitu pendorong diri, penyususn diri, dan pengendalian diri. Faktor lain yang memengaruhi kebiasaan belajar dan <em>self management</em> anak pekerja migran adalah pemberian perhatian dan kasih sayang dari keluarga yang menyebabkan anak cenderung bersifat pasif. Implikasi Kebiasaan Belajar dan <em>Self Management</em> anak pekerja migran pada empat bidang bimbingan dan konseling, yaitu bidang pribadi mampu mengatur diri, kemauan disiplin, dan memiliki rasa tanggung jawab. Pada bidang sosial yaitu mengembangkan kemampuan bersosial dan berkomunikasi dengan lingkungannya, menjunjung tinggi kebiasaan sopan santun. Konselor membantu siswa untuk memilih dan menentukan karir di masa mendatang sesuai dengan bakat dan minat diri siswa. Bidang terakhir yaitu bidang belajar dengan memberikan layanan bimbingan belajar kepada siswa guna memperoleh kebiasaan belajar yang efektif untuk mengembangkan rasa ingin tahu siswa dalam menambah pengetahuan.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

scholarly journals Trying to secure a future in uncertain circumstances. The social security of temporary migrant workers in Finland

Arbor ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 192 (777) ◽  
pp. a286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Helander ◽  
Peter Holley ◽  
Heidi Uuttana
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Human-Animal Relations at the Center of Attention: A Chance/Case Study of Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Žakula
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

In late 2018 and early 2019, the city of Belgrade was host to as many as four different exhibitions with the topic of human-animal relations. The fact that these exhibitions were held in such a short time in a city the size of Belgrade is in itself interesting, seeing as the topic of human-animal relations is still not part of the academic and artistic mainstream globally, let alone in Serbia. The themes and messages of these exhibitions seem even more relevant with regard to the current global situation. Thus, the two main goals of this paper are: 1. to point out the importance studying human-animal relations in the social sciences and the humanities can have for the understanding of different economic, political and ideological assemblages of the anthropocene that make human civilization, seemingly apart from nature, susceptible to catastrophes such as the current COVID-19 global pandemic – through the analysis of the contents of the exhibitions and the panel discussions that accompanied them; 2. to indicate the welcome rise in interest in issues of human-animal relations evident in both the general public and academic and artistic contexts in Serbia. The paper offers an analytical overview of the contents of the of Animals and Humans, Covoyagers, Instinct and Terrain and Emil/Specimen B5044 exhibitions, the ensuing discussions with the public and some of the main issues raised within these discussions such as the issue of responsibility humans have toward other species we share the planet with, as well as the issue of the accountability of big polluters, which is often swept under the rug through the utilization of discourse on the impact of Man – with a capital m – on the environment. The paper also emphasizes the importance of these topics for life in the anthropocene, and calls attention to the emergent interest in human-animal relations and innovative theoretical approaches to them in Serbian academia, especially in ethnology and anthropology and archaeology. 

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