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dc.contributor.authorShwaikh, Malaka M B
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-28T14:30:13Z
dc.date.available2023-06-28T14:30:13Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-15
dc.identifier285529207
dc.identifier85851476-4356-4f57-ba1b-7ad2423e32cc
dc.identifier85164097195
dc.identifier.citationShwaikh , M M B 2023 , ' Beyond expectations of resilience : towards language of care ' , Global Studies Quarterly , vol. 3 , no. 2 , ksad030 . https://doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksad030en
dc.identifier.issn2634-3797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/27829
dc.description.abstractThis article draws from hundreds of interviews and conversations with survivors of wars and violence in different contexts to show the limits of resilience. I bring together stories from my experiences talking with survivors across many countries – including Palestine, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Qatar, Jordan, and the United Kingdom. Through employing ethnographic and autoethnographic methods, I argue that resilience expectations may impose supernatural coping mechanisms on communities struggling with adversities, romanticise them as exemplary in enduring injustices, obscure their humanity, and normalise (structural) violence they continue to experience or reduce its severity. I question who benefits from an overemphasis on and financing of resilience, especially within (international) development organisations. The communities I spoke with all contend that resilience is not just a useless word but also a discourse, a way of thinking, and a policy implemented during difficulties. They emphasise that the cheap (re)production of them as extraordinary people, who are expected to endure suffering, is violent because it places the onus on them to be resilient on issues beyond their control while, often, ignoring layers of (structural) violence and subsequent traumas they face. As an alternative discourse to resilience, I propose a collective and caring approach that deals with root causes of violence instead of ignoring them.
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dc.format.extent441139
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Studies Quarterlyen
dc.subjectJZ International relationsen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutionsen
dc.subjectMCCen
dc.subject.lccJZen
dc.titleBeyond expectations of resilience : towards language of careen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of International Relationsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/isagsq/ksad030
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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