In this conversation, Dr Nof Nasser Eddin and Dr Nour Abu-Assab - the founders and directors of the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration (CTDC) - discuss the importance of decolonial approaches to studying refugee migration. In so doing, they draw on their research, consultancy and advocacy work at CTDC, a London-based research centre which... Continue Reading →
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Cooperation on refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean – The ‘Cartagena process’ and South–South approaches.
The 1984 Cartagena Declaration represents one of the earliest articulations of a Latin American regional approach to refugees and is one of the longest-running and most successful exemplars of such regional cooperation in the world. In this post, an abridged version of his chapter in the Routledge Handbook of South-South Relations, Prof. David Cantor traces... Continue Reading →
No one wants to be the “Global North”? On being a researcher across the North and South.
What are some of the emerging behavioural and ethical tendencies in today’s research economy and what sociological harms can subsequently occur? Drawing on her extensive experience of conducting research in both the ‘global North’ and the ‘global South,’ Southern Responses to Displacement Research Associate, Dr Estella Carpi, examines different ‘hierarchical and alienating’ structures across research... Continue Reading →
Spaces of Transregional Aid and Visual Politics in Lebanon
Aid providers can often mark 'their' humanitarian space with logos, symbols and icons. This photo essay by Southern Responses to Displacement's Research Associate, Dr Estella Carpi, examines the 'visuality' of different forms of humanitarian branding in local spaces and, in line with one of Southern Responses to Displacement's main aims to examine refugees’ experiences, perceptions... Continue Reading →
Dr Estella Carpi presents ‘The Politics of Crisis-Making: Neither for Rights, Nor for Needs’
On the 11th of November 2020, from 9 - 11am (CET), Dr Estella Carpi, Southern Responses to Displacement Research Associate, will present 'The Politics of Crisis-Making: Neither for Rights, Nor for Needs' at The University of Melbourne. The event is open access and you can join here: Event access link (Microsoft Teams) Throughout modern history,... Continue Reading →