according to their needs.” What, for example, do we owe refugees and migrants? Despite the fact that our laws of citizenship and our sense of nationality exclude them from entering our affluent world and receiving the benefits of it, is there some principle
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Introduction
Ethnographic Engagement with Bureaucratic Violence
Erin R. Eldridge and Amanda J. Reinke
’s article highlights the centrality of documentation. In Chile, official documents are pivotal to one’s ability to legally “exist” as a migrant, but unattainable documents in the private housing sector place individuals in precarious and unsafe housing
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jan 2018
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- 94–98 (5 total)
Introduction
The Dialectics of Displacement and Emplacement
Henrik Vigh and Jesper Bjarnesen
seem foreign and frightening (a common experience of many xenophobic nationalists or stranded civilians). Just as being emplaced may necessitate a move away from the place where one seeks to locate oneself socially (a common experience for many migrants
Valentina Napolitano
cross, the scepter was of wood from shipwrecked boats that had carried migrants to the island's shores. The Pope censed the four directions of the altar. This ritual moment conferred sacredness to the boat and the cross, and by extension transformed
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- 63–80 (18 total)
Liberation Autochthony
Namibian Veteran Politics and African Citizenship Claims
Lalli Metsola
disruption of social structures and propelled a system of migrant labor that extended throughout the Southern African region ( Moorsom 1989 ; Wallace 2011 ; Werner 1993 ). The ensuing state form differentiated starkly between settlers and natives and
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jun 2019
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- 186–201 (16 total)
Introduction
Ethnographies of Private Security
Erella Grassiani and Tessa Diphoorn
. “ Intimidation, Reassurance and Invisibility: Israeli Security Agents in the Old City of Jerusalem .” Focaal 75 : 14 – 30 . 10.3167/fcl.2016.750102 Hansen , Thomas Blom , and Finn Stepputat . 2005 . Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in
Introduction
Understanding Experiences and Decisions in Situations of Enduring Hardship in Africa
Mirjam de Bruijn and Jonna Both
people in the region underwent the same fate. Others chose refuge, which was often, though not always, synonymous with rebellion. Despite his forced conversion, Adoum was now a Muslim praying five times a day. He had also become a seasonal migrant to N
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jan 2018
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- Research Article
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- 186–198 (13 total)
Introduction
Religious Plurality, Interreligious Pluralism, and Spatialities of Religious Difference
Jeremy F. Walton and Neena Mahadev
complicated taken-for-granted hierarchies and histories of religious belonging ( Baumann 1999 ). Nor is it a coincidence that interreligious pluralism is embattled in contemporary Thessaloniki, one of the major destinations and sites of transit for migrants
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- Introduction
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- 81–91 (11 total)