Toward A Politics of Care: Southeast Asian Refugee Organizing, Kinship, Care, and Reunion

Authors

James Huỳnh
Victoria Huỳnh
Mads Lê
Sheila Sy

Language

English

Publication Date

5-1-2024

Journal

Health Promotion Practice

DOI

10.1177/15248399231164411

PMID

36999641

PMCID

PMC11064460

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

May 2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

From a critical refugee studies orientation, our article redefines care within the context of myriad forms of state violence impacting Southeast Asian post-war refugee communities. Research reveals how harm is compounded at every step of Southeast Asian refugee journeys: war, forced displacement, resettlement, family separation, inherited health conditions, and generational trauma. How do we reckon with refugee trauma without conceding to it as an unchangeable fact of our lives? What knowledge might we gain by attending to the everyday work of survival in refugee communities? To answer these questions, the authors conceptualize care through (a) abolitionist organizing, (b) queer kinship and affective labor, (c) historiographic caretaking, and (d) refugee reunion.

Keywords

care, Southeast Asian, critical refugee studies, kinship, reunion, organizing, interdependence, trauma

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Huỳnh, James; Huỳnh, Victoria; Lê, Mads; et al., "Toward A Politics of Care: Southeast Asian Refugee Organizing, Kinship, Care, and Reunion" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 2063.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/2063