From forced migration to displacement?
From forced migration to displacement?
Should the multi-disciplinary field of Forced Migration Studies (FMS) re-orient itself around the concept of “displacement”? This short intervention situates this question against the background of the transition from Refugee Studies to FMS, as well as external developments in the realm of protection. It draws attention to how the concept of displacement has become more central to both policy and academic discussion in FMS before considering what difference such a re-orientation might make conceptually, ethically, and politically. It concludes by suggesting that FMS might be conceived as standing between and across two larger fields of enquiry: Migration Studies and Displacement Studies.
displacement, field, forced migration, place, refugees
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Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
11 October 2024
Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
Owen, David
(2024)
From forced migration to displacement?
Refugee Survey Quarterly, 43 (3), .
(doi:10.1093/rsq/hdae016).
Abstract
Should the multi-disciplinary field of Forced Migration Studies (FMS) re-orient itself around the concept of “displacement”? This short intervention situates this question against the background of the transition from Refugee Studies to FMS, as well as external developments in the realm of protection. It draws attention to how the concept of displacement has become more central to both policy and academic discussion in FMS before considering what difference such a re-orientation might make conceptually, ethically, and politically. It concludes by suggesting that FMS might be conceived as standing between and across two larger fields of enquiry: Migration Studies and Displacement Studies.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 September 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 October 2024
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displacement, field, forced migration, place, refugees
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