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Rethink the role and responsibility of academia in contributing to the societal inclusion of refugees

The aim of this project is to gather transformative narratives that help us to identify normalized sources of exclusion, as well as to discover turning points, or conditions, which enable inclusion and support a shift from silence towards action.

Transformative narratives serve as catalysts for sustained and critical reflections among stakeholders regarding normalized images and exclusionary practices affecting refugees in organizations, in policy, and in society.

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blog 07.02.2020

Intriguing promises of inclusion…

In the Netherlands, there are numerous well-intended societal and academic initiatives aimed at building a just society in which everyone can participate equally. In this blog, I reflect on such intriguing promises of inclusion, based on my own journey as a Swiss academic trying to be included and promote inclusion in the Netherlands.

I don’t want your pity...

Immigrants experience many different forms of exclusion. Sometimes, the sources of exclusion are harsh and blatant, such as the discrimination and hatred that undocumented immigrants experience from being called “occupiers,” “criminals,” or “rapists.” At other times, these sources of exclusion are more subtle, such as when everybody agrees that immigrants should conform to the mainstream culture of the country of settlement at the expense of their own cultural and personal identities.

Corazonar: co-creation with a heart

Last July I had the opportunity to participate in the summer school Epistemologies of the South organized by the Center of Social Sciences of the University of Coimbra. During lectures and creative workshops, I met forty scholars, activists and artists from around the world in a dynamic and vibrant week of (self)learning.