Stretching the Border: Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma
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In this paper, I hope to add a complementary perspective to James Scott’s recent work on avoidance strategies of subaltern mountain people by focusing on what I call the refugee public. The educated Karen elite uses the space of exile in the Thai borderland to reconstitute resources and to re-enter Karen state in Eastern Burma as humanitarians, providing medical, educational resources and help to document human rights violations and do advocacy work. In addition, local missionaries and faith-based groups also use the corridor to spread the word of God. I argue that Karen humanitarian community-based organizations succeed to stretch the border by establishing a firm presence that is supported by the international humanitarian economy in the refugee camps in Northwestern Thailand.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 1 |
Tidsskrift | Journal of Borderlands Studies |
Vol/bind | 29 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 47-61 |
Antal sider | 15 |
ISSN | 0886-5655 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 26 feb. 2014 |
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