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).

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Acknowledgements



Introduction: Care in a Time of Humanitarianism: Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South

Arzoo Osanloo and Cabeiri deBergh Robinson



Part I: Refuge, Law, and Empire in the Global South



Chapter 1. Patriation: Conceptualizing Migration after Empire

Pamela Ballinger



Chapter 2. Staging Filipino Hospitality: Transitional Intimacies of Jewish Refuge in the Commonwealth Philippines

James Pangilinan



Chapter 3. Burma Evacuees: R. Sanyassiah, Post-war Return, and Displacement in Modern South Asia

Emma C. Meyer



Chapter 4. Khao-i-Dang Refugee Camp: Local Hosts and Hauntings of the Third Indochina War in a Transit Zone

Khathaleeya Liamdee



Chapter 5. A ‘Lucky Escape’: Ethnic Cleansing and What Happens When International Humanitarianism Fails

Kathie Friedman-Kasaba



Chapter 6. Benevolent Arts: The Persistence of Mercy in Humanitarian Logics

Arzoo Osanloo



Part II: Aid, Intimacy, and Humanitarian Praxis



Chapter 7. Humanitarian Departures: Reflections of a Refugee Aid Worker

Ilana Feldman



Chapter 8. Quiet Aid: Barbara Schöfnagel’s Private Humanitarianism in the Socialist Gray Area (and What Else the Global East Can Teach Us)

Cristian Capotescu



Chapter 9. Yūsuf’s Struggle: Negotiating Development and Charity in a Palestinian Refugee Camp

Gözde Burcu Ege



Chapter 10. “They are Muhajir, We are Ansar:” Godforsakenness at the Myanmar-Bangladesh Border

Tanzeen Rashed Doha



Chapter 11. “We’re All Humanitarians”: International Humanitarian Organizations, Islamist Service Societies, and the Practice of ‘Humanitariyan Jihad’ in Kashmir

Cabeiri deBergh Robinson



Part III: Repair in a World of Care



Chapter 12. Red Coat, Denim Shirt: Conceptualizing Displacement Across Generations

Rawan Arar



Chapter 13. The Barrette: Unlikely Humanitarian Images and Practices of Repair

Jenna Grant



Chapter 14. Memoir and a Sinking Ship: Reconstituting Sovereignty through Refugee Narratives

Megan Butler



Chapter 15. The Gift of Food: An Islamic Ethics of Care

Amira Mittermaier



Chapter 16. Mothering the Dead: Care Beyond Life in Kurdistan

Mediha Sorma



Chapter 17. Unintended Consequences: Debating the Protection of Cultural Heritage During Humanitarian Crises

Stephanie Selover



Conclusion: Concluding Conversation: A Global South’s Lessons in Humanitarianism

Arzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh Robinson



Appendix I: Pedagogical Supplement

Arzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh Robinson