Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees

Download or read book Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees written by Yasmeen Abu-Laban and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refugees face distinct challenges and are often subject to dehumanization by politicians, media, and the public. In this context, Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees provides urgent insights and policy relevant perspectives to improve refugees’ social well-being and integration. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, scholars from the social sciences, arts, and humanities, alongside practitioners and refugees, explore what it means to experience dehumanization. They consider how refugees’ experiences of dehumanization inform both epistemological and practical approaches to humanizing (or re-humanizing) refugees before, during, and after resettlement. By addressing these important issues, contributors marshall rich and multidimensional responses that draw upon our shared humanity and reveal new possibilities for change.