Papers by Ulrike M Vieten
Gender Toxicology: Complicity, Coloniality, and Liberal Gender Discourse
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Sep 26, 2022
Omni-present sectarianism and the life experiences of Asylum seekers and Refugees in NI
In times of globalisation and super-mobility, ideas of normality are in turmoil. In different soc... more In times of globalisation and super-mobility, ideas of normality are in turmoil. In different societies in, across and beyond Europe, we face the challenge of undoing specific notions of normality and creating more inclusive societies with an open culture of learning to live with differences. The scope of the paper is to introduce some findings on encounters with difference and negotiations of social values in relation to a growing visibility of difference after 1989 in Poland, on the background of a critique of normality/ normalisation and normalcy. On the basis of interviews conducted in Warsaw, we investigate how normality/ normalisation discourses of visible homosexuality and physical disability are incorporated into individual selfreflections and justifications of prejudices (homophobia and disabilism). More specifically we argue that there are moments of 'cultural transgressions' present in everyday practices towards 'visible' sexual and (dis)ability difference.
Ideological Elements of Islamophobia and their Deployment by the Far-Right
Normalization of the Global Far Right: Pandemic Disruption?
Normalization Disrupted?
Normalization of the Global Far Right: Pandemic Disruption?
National Belonging in Cosmopolitan Times
Cartographies of Differences
The role of the nation in the contemporary cosmopolitan era is hotly contested. In some quarters ... more The role of the nation in the contemporary cosmopolitan era is hotly contested. In some quarters the nation is perceived to be a divisive relic which needs to be replaced by a more inclusive cosmopolitan alternative. Elsewhere the nation is assumed to have taken-for-granted cohesive qualities which can be used to address the challenges of living in an era of super-mobility and super-diversity. I argue that neither of these polarised positions is helpful and that a more nuanced and emotionally attentive understanding of nation is required. I begin by arguing that current engagements with the nature and contemporary significance of nations are curiously narrow. Then, drawing on my work on the emotional geographies of ‘Scottishness’, I demonstrate why we need a more meaningful engagement with the nation and suggest one possible route – an engagement with the practices and emotional experiences of nation – through which this might be achieved.
The resistible rise of right-wing racist populism
A spectre is haunting Europe. Since about 2012, and not for the first time, right-wing racist mov... more A spectre is haunting Europe. Since about 2012, and not for the first time, right-wing racist movements are on the march across the continent and have parliamentary beachheads in a number of countries; at the same time, the European Parliament is possibly disintegrating, from the upsurge of Golden Dawn in economic crisis-ridden Greece, to the arrival of English Defence League (EDL) thugs on British streets. Then, Brexit was still inconceivable, however, and indeed it failed to be conceived by the British elite until they were surprised by the result of the 2016 referendum and the effectiveness of its anti-immigration campaign. Nor had the crisis of refugees fleeing from war in Syria and other devastation from the Arab Winter been imagined - at least not on the scale that eventuated, with its impact and reaction in Europe.
Safe Return Plan for Refugees after Five years undermines idea of integration
Ulrike Ziemer, Sean P. Roberts (2013), East European Diasporas, Migration and Cosmopolitanism
Situated cosmopolitanisms : notions of the 'other' in contemporary discourses on cosmopolitanism in Britain and Germany
The thesis proposes to understand contemporary discourses on cosmopolitanism in Britain and Germa... more The thesis proposes to understand contemporary discourses on cosmopolitanism in Britain and Germany as situated outlooks influenced by specific national cultures and nation state histories. These discourses are also embedded in the transition of the current nation state order that is driven by global capitalism and new forms of social and legal integration. Within Europe, the legal integration project of the European Union has to be regarded as at the core of these contemporary discourses. While situating discourses of cosmopolitanism historically, the thesis traces back dominant discourses of commercial (Britain) and cultural (Germany) cosmopolitanism that influence contemporary national outlooks of British (David Held, Chantal Mouffe and Homi K. Bhabha) and German voices Qiirgen Habermas, Ulrich Beck and Hanna Behrend). The main argument is that those discourses are framed by historical pathways, particular memories and national horizons situated differently in various countries, ...
Tackling the Conceptual Order of Multiple Discrimination: Situating Different and Difficult Genealogies of Race and Ethnicity
Asylum seekers and refugees in Northern Ireland: the impact of post-migration stressors on mental health
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2020
Objectives:In recent years, Northern Ireland has seen an increase in the numbers of asylum seeker... more Objectives:In recent years, Northern Ireland has seen an increase in the numbers of asylum seekers and refugees. Given its status as a post-conflict region, this is a relatively new phenomenon for the area. Northern Ireland is also the only part of the United Kingdom (UK) without a refugee integration strategy. In 2016, we conducted an extensive study for the racial equality unit of the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in Stormont on the everyday life experience of asylum seekers and refugees in Northern Ireland with view to understanding how service delivery and notions of integration/inclusion impact.Methods:This was a mixed methods study using quantitative survey methods and in-depth semi-structured interviews with service providers, asylum seekers, refugees and new UK citizens. We examined a range of service provision such as education, labour, legal provision, housing and health.Results:This article examines the issue of mental health with respect to asylum seekers...
Normalization of the Global Far Right: Pandemic Disruption?
The Normalization of the Racist Far-Right as Global Phenomenon
Normalization of the Global Far Right: Pandemic Disruption?
The Historical Normalization of Racist Anti-Semitism and Global 21st Century Anti-Muslim Racism
Normalization of the Global Far Right: Pandemic Disruption?
Crisis and Christchurch
Normalization of the Global Far Right: Pandemic Disruption?
Power as a cultural phenomenon
European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology
Structures of political power, as well as power differentials and social inequality, are reproduc... more Structures of political power, as well as power differentials and social inequality, are reproduced by means of culture, symbols, ideologies, and imaginaries. The material bases of power, including...
The Resistable Rise of Right Wing Racist Populism
Geschlossene Welt 2020: the locked world of self-control and rituals of belonging
The Situated Politics of Belonging
... Foreign Policy' David Chandler 161 12 Australians in Guantanamo Bay: Gradations of C... more ... Foreign Policy' David Chandler 161 12 Australians in Guantanamo Bay: Gradations of Citizenship and the Politics of Belonging Zlatko Skrbi's 176 13'The Enemy of My Enemy is Not My Friend': Women's Rights ... Kalpana Kannabiran respectively are two of the editors of the volume ...
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