Stopping the Volatility of the EU

Stopping the Volatility of the EU

Blog: What’s Wrong with Innocence, by Miriam Ticktin, spoke about the binary effects of viewing certain migrants/refugees as innocent. This perception, although seemingly harmless, distinguishes…

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Moving and Changing Innocence

Moving and Changing Innocence

Much of what how we discuss migration is if and how much a migrant deserves resettlement into a new country. In our class discussions, we…

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Identification and Innocence?

Identification and Innocence?

It is natural to realize and easy to understand why people think that refugees and other migrants who seek safety from persecution are seen as…

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Aid from a distance

Aid from a distance

I think the “Whats wrong with Innocence” article is one of my favorite articles that we have read this semester. I was especially moved by…

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Hierarchical Innocence

Hierarchical Innocence

Miriam Ticktin’s article “What’s Wrong with Innocence” brought up the concept of hierarchical divisions shaping the response to the migrant “crisis”. She accurately demonstrated how…

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Power Shift of Innocence

Power Shift of Innocence

Innocence, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense. Based on Ticktin’s article, my questions are, have we…

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Lost Space and Time

Lost Space and Time

Ironically, humans migrating into German borders become lost into discrimination, prison-like camps, and other forms of violence that resemble that of the Holocaust. People disappear…

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Defining Humanity

Defining Humanity

Miriam Ticktin’s  analysis on the role of humanitarianism in obtaining residency to be, and how it is being instituted for political recognition to be quite…

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A Tough Choice

A Tough Choice

Reading “Where ethics and politics meet: The Violence of Humanitarianism in France,” I not only see what humanitarianism guidelines can lead to in terms of…

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The New, Terrifying, Source of Hope

The New, Terrifying, Source of Hope

The article Camp in the City spoke about the parallels that refugees and migrants face when they enter the another nation: they stay in a…

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