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Taking care of the other: visions of a caring integration in female refugee support work
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Abstract European societies have been significantly challenged recently by intensifying debates around migration and integration. In Germany, the controversy around refugees has put the question of how to negotiate cultural differences back on the agenda. This article argues that female refugee support work ... mehr
European societies have been significantly challenged recently by intensifying debates around migration and integration. In Germany, the controversy around refugees has put the question of how to negotiate cultural differences back on the agenda. This article argues that female refugee support work volunteers in Germany have developed a compelling approach to handling cultural diversity in emotional, social and cultural practices. Building on interviews with female volunteers, this article demonstrates that research subjects' interaction with refugees is guided by an "ethics of care". Care ethics is characterised by the recognition of interdependence and relationships, attention to the context and to the particular, blurring of the public and the private and orientation towards the needs of others. The research subjects show that care values, such as responsibility and attentiveness, can serve as an alternative framework to integration and to the negotiation of diversity in everyday encounters. Data from quantitative studies on refugee support work in Germany then reveals that female volunteers politicise their care work to respond to racism and right-wing xenophobia. Ultimately, a political ethics of care has the potential to structurally, politically and emotionally change established understandings of integration and the relations between host societies and immigrants.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Fürsorge; Ethik; Flüchtling; Integration; kulturelle Differenz
Klassifikation
Migration
Sozialwesen, Sozialplanung, Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik
Freie Schlagwörter
Germany; cultural difference; ethics of care; integration; refugees
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 118-127
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 7 (2019) 2
Heftthema
The European refugee controversy: civil solidarity, cultural imaginaries and political change
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)