Stretching the Border: Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma
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Stretching the Border : Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma. / Horstmann, Alexander.
In: Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1, 26.02.2014, p. 47-61.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Stretching the Border
T2 - Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma
AU - Horstmann, Alexander
PY - 2014/2/26
Y1 - 2014/2/26
N2 - In this paper, I hope to add a complementary perspective to James Scott’s recent work on avoidance strategies of subaltern mountain people by focusing on what I call the refugee public. The educated Karen elite uses the space of exile in the Thai borderland to reconstitute resources and to re-enter Karen state in Eastern Burma as humanitarians, providing medical, educational resources and help to document human rights violations and do advocacy work. In addition, local missionaries and faith-based groups also use the corridor to spread the word of God. I argue that Karen humanitarian community-based organizations succeed to stretch the border by establishing a firm presence that is supported by the international humanitarian economy in the refugee camps in Northwestern Thailand.
AB - In this paper, I hope to add a complementary perspective to James Scott’s recent work on avoidance strategies of subaltern mountain people by focusing on what I call the refugee public. The educated Karen elite uses the space of exile in the Thai borderland to reconstitute resources and to re-enter Karen state in Eastern Burma as humanitarians, providing medical, educational resources and help to document human rights violations and do advocacy work. In addition, local missionaries and faith-based groups also use the corridor to spread the word of God. I argue that Karen humanitarian community-based organizations succeed to stretch the border by establishing a firm presence that is supported by the international humanitarian economy in the refugee camps in Northwestern Thailand.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - ethnic minorities
KW - humanitarianism, compassion, privilege, Danamarksindsamlingen, Sianne Ngai, Didier Fassin
KW - conflict
KW - Borderline
KW - Religion/politik
U2 - 10.1080/08865655.2014.892692
DO - 10.1080/08865655.2014.892692
M3 - Journal article
VL - 29
SP - 47
EP - 61
JO - Journal of Borderlands Studies
JF - Journal of Borderlands Studies
SN - 0886-5655
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -
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