Refugee Studies Centre Workshop: South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement
Call for Papers: South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement
Date: Saturday 6th October 2012
Location: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
European and North-American led humanitarian responses to contexts of forced displacement are increasingly being paralleled and at times overtly challenged by an ever-expanding array of “alternative” models of humanitarian intervention. However, while extensive research has been conducted on South-South development programmes (i.e. Chinese development funding in sub-Saharan Africa), and “alternatives to
development” (i.e. post-development studies), there remains a need to comparatively examine South-South humanitarian partnerships. This workshop provides a space for critically reflection upon the various histories, modes of operation and implications of diverse “alternative” models of humanitarian action; such critical analysis is particularly important given increasing governmental and UN interest in Southern-led humanitarianism for a variety of financial and political reasons.
The workshop invites papers from academics, postgraduate research students, practitioners, advocates and displaced people which explore questions including:
• What is the history of different models of state and non-state South-South humanitarianism?
• Given the heterogeneity which exists between and amongst Northern and Southern state and non-state actors, what, if any, are the similarities and differences which exist between Northern-led and Southern-led humanitarian initiatives?
• What are the motivations underpinning diverse Southern state, civil-society, collective and individual responses to diverse contexts of displacement?
• How are South-South humanitarian programmes and projects experienced and assessed by different members of Southern displaced populations?
• Do diverse South-South humanitarian initiatives complement and/or challenge Northern-led humanitarianism?
• What is the relationship between South-South humanitarianism and the “international” humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality?
Proposals are invited from across anthropology, history, international relations, law, sociology and politics, including contemporary and historical country specific case-studies and reflections on intra-regional and cross-regional initiatives. Proposals are particularly welcome from postgraduate research students and early career researchers, and Southern-based academics, researchers and practitioners. Limited support may be available for research students, and academics, researchers and practitioners from the global South – please indicate in your submission if you would like to be considered for a bursary, and the grounds for your request for support.
Proposals are particularly welcome from postgraduate research students and early career researchers, and Southern-based academics, researchers and practitioners. Limited support may be available for research students, and academics, researchers and practitioners from the global South - please indicate in your submission if you would like to be considered for a bursary, and the grounds for your request for support.
Abstracts of no more than 200 words, accompanied by a brief 100 word bio-data, should be submitted to Friday **22 June 2012** at the latest.
Selected papers may be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed Special Issue of a leading journal following the workshop - please confirm whether you wish your paper to be considered for a Special Issue when you submit your abstract.
Abstract and bios should be submitted by the 22 June by email to Heidi El-Megrisi, [log in to unmask]
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford,
3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB
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