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The Right to Research : Historical Narratives by Refugee and Global South Researchers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's Refugee and Forced Migration StudiesPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (277 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780228015659
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Right to ResearchDDC classification:
  • 907.2
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- THE RIGHT TO RESEARCH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface: An Invitation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- Crossing Borders: Critical Perspectives on Refugee and Migrant Experiences -- 1 Fostering Education Services in Kakuma Refugee Camp -- 2 Dangerous Crossings: East African Women Refugees and Migrants Flee Home for Opportunities in the Gulf States -- 3 Burundian Refugee Drummers: Practitioners of a Longstanding, Yet Ever-Changing, Tradition -- PART TWO -- Cultures in Motion: Continuity and Change in Displacement -- 4 The Impacts of Displacement on Twa Culture and Tradition -- 5 On Hip-Hop and Mental Migration -- 6 The Oral History of Local Photojournalism in Kurdistan -- PART THREE -- Identity and (Un)Belonging: Constructing and Deconstructing Social Identities -- 7 "Traditional Healers Save Lives": The Changing Relationship between Traditional Healing and Modern Medicine in Rwanda -- 8 Until New Dawn … New Day: The Development of Gender Awareness across Generations in Syria -- 9 The Impact of Migration on Intore Traditional Dance -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Refugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators and historians. The Right to Research offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear.
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Cover -- THE RIGHT TO RESEARCH -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface: An Invitation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- Crossing Borders: Critical Perspectives on Refugee and Migrant Experiences -- 1 Fostering Education Services in Kakuma Refugee Camp -- 2 Dangerous Crossings: East African Women Refugees and Migrants Flee Home for Opportunities in the Gulf States -- 3 Burundian Refugee Drummers: Practitioners of a Longstanding, Yet Ever-Changing, Tradition -- PART TWO -- Cultures in Motion: Continuity and Change in Displacement -- 4 The Impacts of Displacement on Twa Culture and Tradition -- 5 On Hip-Hop and Mental Migration -- 6 The Oral History of Local Photojournalism in Kurdistan -- PART THREE -- Identity and (Un)Belonging: Constructing and Deconstructing Social Identities -- 7 "Traditional Healers Save Lives": The Changing Relationship between Traditional Healing and Modern Medicine in Rwanda -- 8 Until New Dawn … New Day: The Development of Gender Awareness across Generations in Syria -- 9 The Impact of Migration on Intore Traditional Dance -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.

Refugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators and historians. The Right to Research offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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