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Becoming Citizens in an Era of Globalization and Transnational Migration: Re-imagining Citizenship as Critical Practice
No full textThis article examines how the perspectives and experiences of Arab American youth from immigrant communities can help educators think about what it means to teach young people to become active participants in the social, civic, and political spheres within and across the boundaries of nation-states. Arab American youths' perspectives are reflective of the transnational nature of their life experiences, as well as the unfortunate ways they have been positioned as enemy-outsiders to the United States in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Listening closely to the experiences and perspectives of these young people yields concrete implications for designing citizenship education that reflects the changing nature of belonging and citizenship. This article proposes that we stop thinking about citizenship primarily in relation to national identifications and begin to see it as a set of critical practices—practices that give young people the tools to work for social change within and across the boundaries of nation-states.This is an electronic version of an article published in Abu El-Haj,T. R., Becoming Citizens in an Era of Globalization and Transnational Migration: Re-imagining Citizenship as Critical Practice. Theory Into Practice. 48(4):274-282, 2009. Theory into Practice is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00405840903192714. This is a post-print copy of the published article.This research was largely funded by a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. This research has also been supported by a Rutgers University Research Council Grant
Education, Citizenship, and the Politics of Belonging: Muslim Youth from Transnational Communities and the “War on Terror.”
No full textThis is an electronic version of an article published in Review of Research in Education, 35 (1):29-59, 2011. The published article is available at http://rre.sagepub.com/content/35/1/29.shor
Contesting the Politics of Culture, Rewriting the Boundaries of Inclusion: Working for Social Justice with Muslim and Arab Communities
No full textThis article calls on anthropologists of education to assert a more public voice attacking the ideological purposes to which the concept of “culture” has been deployed following the September 11 attacks. We must support schools, communities, and the media to address the power and politics of race and religion in contemporary social and political contexts, rather than focus primarily on multicultural education about Islamic and Arab “culture.” Finally, this article urges us to expand our knowledge of the processes of social incorporation for Muslim and Arab immigrant youth to include a deeper understanding of how global politics contribute to young people's sense of emerging identities.This is an electronic version of an article published in Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 33: 308–316. doi: 10.1525/aeq.2002.33.3.308, available online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aeq.2002.33.3.308/abstrac
Imagining Postnationalism: Arts, Citizenship Education,and Arab American Youth
No full textThis article explores an Arab American community arts organization as a site for promoting youth civic participation and social activism. Studying a citizenship education project outside the school walls, and focusing on the arts as a medium for this work, foregrounds the role of the symbolic for engaging youth as active participants in democratic society. The article also examines the symbolic political argument for postnational citizenship that the young participants articulated through a film they produced. The original version of the article is published in Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 40(1):1-19, 2009, March. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01025.x, available online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01025.x/abstractThis research was largely funded by a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. This research has also been supported by a University ResearchCouncil Grant
Does liability stifle innovation? Liability v innovation: Unpacking key connections
No full textLiability versus Innovation: Unpacking Key Connections is a new international, cross-disciplinary network involving legal and medico-ethical researchers. Their ground-breaking seminars are where theory meets empirical experience, pointing the way to new approaches and policy directions. \ud
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Medical innovation is crucial if new treatments and cures are to be found, but fear of legal action remains. An interdisciplinary project and seminar series, led by Tsachi Keren-Paz, Alicia El Haj and Tina Cockburn, provides key new insights
Reimagining Haj Khalil v. Canada
No full textThis paper emphasizes the importance of cultural competence for tort law by analyzing the Federal Court’s decision in Haj Khalil v. Canada. Given that this symposium in honour of Rose Voyvodic’s life and work is entitled “Re-Imagining Access to Justice,” this paper asks “how do the principles of cultural competence allow us to think about the facts of the Haj Khalil differently. In particular, what would a cause in fact analysis look like if it were informed by the principles of cultural competence?” My analysis proceeds by “reading the silences” or focusing on the unstated assumptions and unexplored elements of Haj Khalil’s story to bring into focus factors relevant to factual causation which remain largely unexplored or undervalued by the Federal Court. An examination of the facts that framed Haj Khalil`s claim against immigration officials through a culturally competent lens would open the possibility of a different understanding of causation as it arises on the facts of the case. While Canadian courts have emphasized the importance of social context for fair judgment, they have not fully come to grips with the implications of social context for judicial decision-making. This is particularly the case within negligence law which remains vexed by the need to maintain an objective standard while simultaneously recognizing the importance of context and circumstance to particular claims.
Cet article souligne l’importance de la compétence culturelle pour le droit de la responsabilité civile délictuelle en analysant le jugement Haj Khalil c. Canada de la Cour Fédérale. Vu que ce symposium en honneur de la vie et de l’oeuvre de Rose Voyvodic est intitulé « Re-Imagining Access to Justice», cet article pose la question «comment les principes de compétence culturelle nous permettent-ils de concevoir différemment les faits de Haj Khalil. En particulier, comment se présenterait la causalité si l’analyse des faits était éclairée par les principes de compétence culturelle?» Mon analyse s’effectue en «interprétant les silences» ou en portant l’attention sur les suppositions inexprimées et les éléments inexplorés du récit de Haj Khalil afin de mettre au point des facteurs pertinents à la causalité factuelle qui restent en grande partie inexplorés ou sous-évalués par la Cour Fédérale. Un examen des faits sur la base desquels était formulée la réclamation de Haj Khalil contre les officiers de l’immigration dans une optique faisant preuve de compétence culturelle ouvrirait la possibilité d’une compréhension différente de la causalité telle qu’elle se présente basée sur les faits en l’espèce. Quoique les cours canadiennes aient souligné l’importance du contexte social pour des jugements équitables, elles ne sont pas complètement venues aux prises avec les implications du contexte social pour la prise de décision juridique. C’est particulièrement le cas pour le droit de la négligence qui demeure embêté par le besoin de maintenir une norme objective tout en reconnaissant l’importance du contexte et des circonstances d’une réclamation particulière
Immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for haj and Umrah
No full textThis year’s recommendations by the Department of Health (DH) for England for immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for pilgrims planning to travel to Mecca on haj or Umrah were reported in last week’s Communicable Disease Report (1). An outbreak of meningococcal serogroup A infection occurred among pilgrims on the haj pilgrimage of 1987, resulting in outbreaks in other countries including the United Kingdom (UK).</jats:p
La palestinización racial y la naturaleza bifronte del Estado israelí
Full text linkFil: Abu el-Haj, Nadia. Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York. Departamento de Antropología ; Estados Unidos.Fil: Abu el-Haj, Nadia. Barnard College. Departamento de Antropología; Estados Unidos
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