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Lecture | LIMS seminar

BOOK LAUNCH for Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and Saving Lives

Date
Wednesday 22 June 2022
Time
Address
Johan Huizinga
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden
Room
Conference room (2.60)

In collaboration with LUCIR (Leiden University Centre for International Relations).

The seamy underside of humanitarianism

What does it mean when humanitarianism is the response to death, injury and suffering at the border? This book interrogates the politics of humanitarian responses to border violence and unequal mobility, arguing that such responses mask underlying injustices, depoliticise violent borders and bolster liberal and paternalist approaches to suffering.

Focusing on the diversity of actors involved in humanitarian assistance alongside the times and spaces of action, the book draws a direct line between privileges of movement and global inequalities of race, class, gender and disability rooted in colonial histories and white supremacy, and humanitarian efforts that save lives while entrenching such inequalities.

LIMS

The Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminars (LIMS) aim at fostering further discussion across disciplines on migration-related topics and creating an open dialogue between the speakers and the attendees. The seminars are a platform for those at Leiden University working on migration-related topics.

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