The Depth Where Pain Lives
Some are separated from a homeland they were never able to live in. Some are separated from a mother they never learned to call mother.
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Otherwise
Invisible Borders in the Everyday Lives of International Students and Belonging
The lived experiences of international students in the Global North reveal an invisible border that leads to naturalized differentiation stemming from stereotypes and discriminatory practices.
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Subverting the “Otherized” Gaze through Mockumentaries
Satirical videos or mockumentaries (films) often challenge the ‘otherized’ gaze and question the so-called ‘truths’ presented by colonial and post-colonial narratives, exposing a mode of representation that has shaped not only Africa but also Asia.
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“Negative Biological Citizenship”: Asexual Erotics and Citizenship through the AVEN Website
Asexual citizenship makes the case for a negative biological citizenship wherein the community of the asexual orientation forms through the rejection of medicalisation and pathologisation of a lack of sexual attraction.
The Othering of Afghan Women and Girls
Afghan women in the diasporas are in a race against time to raise global awareness that urgent global action is needed to dismantle the gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
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Når medborgerskap reduseres til et pass: Hvorfor lokaldemokratiet tilhører de som bygger det
When Citizenship is Reduced to a Passport: Why Local Democracy Belongs to Those Who Build It
From Unsafe Journeys to Proving Your Story: The Burden of Proof for Sexual and Gender Diverse Refugees
The burden of proof to prove their gender identity is not just a legal requirement but also a lived burden and struggle for sexual and gender diverse people when they seek protection from persecution.
Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Invisible Otherwise
Ali Dorani (Mr. EatenFish) left Iran in 2013 to seek refuge in Australia, but ended up in detention in Manus Island for over four years due to new laws that prevented the acceptance of asylum-seekers who landed on Australian shores. In his story, told in detail in Belonging Otherwise, Ali mentions his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Against Silence: Writing in Exile
Exile is a cognitive and political structure, not merely an individual experience.
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Only a Suitcase
On a journey of becoming an utterly marginal person, one ends up arriving nowhere at all.
Belonging Otherwise: The Violence of Property
Modern property rights are neither fixed nor natural. Instead, they are historically constituted and legally enforced through dispossession and remain tied to unequal societal relations, shaping every aspect of our social belonging.
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