Civil Repair through Narrative Intervention: The Righteous in International Migration

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F18%3A00104148" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/18:00104148 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

—

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

—

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Civil Repair through Narrative Intervention: The Righteous in International Migration

Original language description

Large-scale international migration can put major strains on societies. It challenges them to expand their horizon of solidarity and re-accommodate, if necessary, the ties that bind their members for the purpose of including incoming outsiders. For scholars interested in the mechanics of solidarity formation in society, international migration and public debates over this issue constitute a fertile terrain for insights. For civil sphere scholars, in particular, they offer a wealth of opportunities for theory development. Because they represent a “work in progress,” contemporary civil societies inevitably suffer from fragmented solidarity, albeit to differing degrees. Moreover, the symbolic boundary work that constantly takes place within the civil sphere delineating “us” and “them” can lead to polarization and conflict, further deteriorating already fragile solidarities. This process is especially evident in the debates taking place in various countries around the world regarding migrants. Sentiments oscillate between a humanitarian impulse to help the millions fleeing their homelands due to conflict, climate change or untenable political conditions, to the fear that such newcomers take natives’ jobs and tax the generosity of the welfare state. Immigration policy remains a political football in many countries, crippled by inaction, even in the face of a migrant/refugee “crisis.” Public responses to international migration feature the stories of “righteous” individuals who have distanced themselves from the members of their own groups and institutions, and have actively engaged in acts of cross-group solidarity to protect the lives of migrants, even at great personal costs and risks. So far, their stories have not been told systematically nor have they been theorized. We believe that gathering them, in this conference, and eventually in a volume, may inspire more inclusive responses to the phenomenon of international migration.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

W - Workshop organization

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

—

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Brno, Department of Sociology Masaryk University

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Event starting date

—

Event ending date

—

Total number of attendees

8

Foreign attendee count

6

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce