Care in a Time of Humanitarianism

Arzoo Osanloo is Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington. She is the author of the award-winning book Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims’ Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2020), and The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2009).

“This volume is a timely and seminal contribution to understanding our time when humanitarian crisis unfolds in myriad forms in various sites. The perspectives on humanitarianism from the global South featured in this volume are both rich in their ethnographic grounding and multi-faceted in the analytical insights.” • Jiazhi Fengjiang, University of Edinburgh

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Care in a Time of Humanitarianism: Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global SouthArzoo Osanloo and Cabeiri deBergh RobinsonPart I: Refuge, Law, and Empire in the Global SouthChapter 1. Patriation: Conceptualizing Migration after EmpirePamela BallingerChapter 2. Staging Filipino Hospitality: Transitional Intimacies of Jewish Refuge in the Commonwealth PhilippinesJames PangilinanChapter 3. Burma Evacuees: R. Sanyassiah, Post-war Return, and Displacement in Modern South AsiaEmma C. MeyerChapter 4. Khao-i-Dang Refugee Camp: Local Hosts and Hauntings of the Third Indochina War in a Transit ZoneKhathaleeya LiamdeeChapter 5. A ‘Lucky Escape’: Ethnic Cleansing and What Happens When International Humanitarianism FailsKathie Friedman-KasabaChapter 6. Benevolent Arts: The Persistence of Mercy in Humanitarian LogicsArzoo OsanlooPart II: Aid, Intimacy, and Humanitarian PraxisChapter 7. Humanitarian Departures: Reflections of a Refugee Aid WorkerIlana FeldmanChapter 8. Quiet Aid: Barbara Schöfnagel’s Private Humanitarianism in the Socialist Gray Area (and What Else the Global East Can Teach Us)Cristian CapotescuChapter 9. Yūsuf’s Struggle: Negotiating Development and Charity in a Palestinian Refugee CampGözde Burcu EgeChapter 10. “They are Muhajir, We are Ansar:” Godforsakenness at the Myanmar-Bangladesh BorderTanzeen Rashed DohaChapter 11. “We’re All Humanitarians”: International Humanitarian Organizations, Islamist Service Societies, and the Practice of ‘Humanitariyan Jihad’ in KashmirCabeiri deBergh RobinsonPart III: Repair in a World of CareChapter 12. Red Coat, Denim Shirt: Conceptualizing Displacement Across GenerationsRawan ArarChapter 13. The Barrette: Unlikely Humanitarian Images and Practices of RepairJenna GrantChapter 14. Memoir and a Sinking Ship: Reconstituting Sovereignty through Refugee NarrativesMegan ButlerChapter 15. The Gift of Food: An Islamic Ethics of CareAmira MittermaierChapter 16. Mothering the Dead: Care Beyond Life in KurdistanMediha SormaChapter 17. Unintended Consequences: Debating the Protection of Cultural Heritage During Humanitarian CrisesStephanie SeloverConclusion: Concluding Conversation: A Global South’s Lessons in HumanitarianismArzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh RobinsonAppendix I: Pedagogical SupplementArzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh Robinson