Refugees Welcome?: Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany

Published by Berghahn Books 2019

Refugees Welcome?

Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany

Edited by:  Jan-Jonathan Bock and Sharon Macdonald

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201291

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About this book

The arrival in 2015 and 2016 of over one million asylum seekers and refugees in Germany had major social consequences and gave rise to extensive debates about the nature of cultural diversity and collective life. This volume examines the responses and implications of what was widely seen as the most significant and contested social change since German reunification in 1990. It combines in-depth studies based on anthropological fieldwork with analyses of the longer trajectories of migration and social change. Its original conclusions have significance not only for Germany but also for the understanding of diversity and difference more widely.

Author / Editor information

 Jan-Jonathan Bock is Programme Director of Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, United Kingdom. His publications include Austerity, Community Action and the Future of Citizenship in Europe (2018), co-edited with Shana Cohen and Christina Fuhr.

Sharon Macdonald is Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Social Anthropology at the Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität Berlin. She founded and directs the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH), as well as its major project Making Differences – Transforming Museums and Heritage in the 21st Century.

 Jan-Jonathan Bock is Programme Director of Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, United Kingdom. His publications include Austerity, Community Action and the Future of Citizenship in Europe (2018), co-edited with Shana Cohen and Christina Fuhr.

Reviews

“The achievement of the book and what makes it different to many other works tackling the ‘refugee crisis’ is its focus on the ambivalence of direction… It thereby moves the discussion away from the reductionist representations of the ‘refugee crisis’ commonly promoted in public discourse, toward acknowledgement of the complexity of the topic. This deconstruction effort also allows for an informed and qualified exploration of current and future avenues for change.” • Anthropology Matters

“The volume achieves its coherence through numerous cross-references of the articles, comparison of competing interpretations, as well as the outstanding introduction and conclusion…The volume impresses through its topicality, its throughout intense discussion of current scholarship, its interdisciplinary approach, and the breadth of the targeted readership. It offers an excellent introduction to this topic for the English-language readers.” • German Studies Review

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction: Making, Experiencing and Managing Difference in a Changing Germany Jan-Jonathan Bock and Sharon Macdonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Making Germans and Non-Germans
Chapter 1 Language as Battleground ‘Speaking’ the Nation, Lingual Citizenship and Diversity Management in Post-unification Germany Uli Linke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 2 Diversity and Unity: Political and Conceptual Answers to Experiences of Differences and Diversities in Germany Friedrich Heckmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 3 Jews, Muslims and the Ritual Male Circumcision Debate: Religious Diversity and Social Inclusion in Germany Gökce Yurdakul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Part II Potential for Change
Chapter 4 Islam, Vernacular Culture and Creativity in Stuttgart Petra Kuppinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter 5 ‘Neukölln Is Where I Live, It’s Not Where I’m From’ Children of Migrants Navigating Belonging in a Rapidly Changing Urban Space in Berlin Carola Tize and Ria Reis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 6 The Post-migrant Paradigm Naika Foroutan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Part III Refugee Encounters
Chapter 7 New Year’s Eve, Sexual Violence and Moral Panics: Ruptures and Continuities in Germany’s Integration Regime Kira Kosnick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter 8 Solidarity with Refugees: Negotiations of Proximity and Memory Serhat Karakayalı Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Chapter 9 Negotiating Cultural Difference in Dresden’s Pegida Movement and Berlin’s Refugee Church Jan-Jonathan Bock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Part IV New Initiatives and Directions
Chapter 10 Interstitial Agents: Negotiating Migration and Diversity in Theatre Jonas Tinius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Chapter 11 Articulating a Noncitizen Politics: Nation-State Pity vs. Democratic Inclusion Damani J. Partridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Chapter 12 The Refugees-Welcome Movement: A New Form of Political Action Werner Schiffauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Conclusion: Refugee Futures and the Politics of Difference Sharon Macdonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 358
Keywords: Refugees; Germany; Asylum Seekers; Political Asylum; Cultural Diversity; Refugee Crisis

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Published: January 2, 2019
ISBN: 9781789201291