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SUMMARY:The Uncertain Position of Syrian Men in the Refugee Response - Lew
 is Turner\, PhD candidate\, SOAS
DTSTART:20170531T160000Z
DTEND:20170531T170000Z
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CONTACT:Melissa Gatter
DESCRIPTION:The humanitarian sector designates Syrian women and children a
 s ‘the most vulnerable\,’ thereby constituting them as uncontroversial
  objects of humanitarian care and control. But Syrian men have an undefine
 d and thus uncertain place in the refugee response. This uncertainty is of
 ten signified by an apparent absence\, by a seemingly unquestioned focus o
 n refugee ‘womenandchildren.’ Based on twelve months of fieldwork in J
 ordan\, and drawing on agnotological approaches that emphasize the sociall
 y constructed nature of ignorance\, doubt\, and uncertainty\, this paper c
 ritically interrogates this uncertain and undefined position. It argues th
 at it is created through the position of ‘gender’ in humanitarian work
 \, ‘global’ understandings of victimhood and vulnerability\, and the g
 endering\, racialization and securitization of the ‘Arab male’. While 
 Syrian men are typically not understood as subjects that the refugee respo
 nse should primarily be serving\, humanitarian actors nevertheless cannot 
 readily define themselves as ‘against’ or ‘uninterested in’ a part
 icular demographic. The result is that Syrian men have a socially construc
 ted\, and politically potent\, undefined position in the refugee response.
  
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building (ARB)\, 7 West Road\, 2nd floor\, Room S2
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