Hostipitality: The situation of refugees in Poland
Hostipitality: The situation of refugees in Poland
Author(s): Beata Pietkiewicz-PareekSubject(s): Human Geography, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies
Published by: EDIS- Publishing Institution of the University of Zilina
Keywords: Afghanistan; refugees; migration crisis; pedagogy of asylum; hostipitality;
Summary/Abstract: This article explores how Afghan families shape migration from Afghanistan and processes of settlement and community formation in Poland using "dialogical" experience with a group of Afghan refugees evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021. Study inspired by the works of Jacques Derrida, Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas. Lastly, a provisional conclusion will recap the main arguments, insisting on the potential and limits of the hostipitality paradigm for understanding social reality of refugees.
Journal: Dialogo
- Issue Year: 9/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 47-58
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English