Decolonial perspectives on charitable spaces of "welcome culture" in Germany.

Autor/in	Braun, Katherine
Titel	Decolonial perspectives on charitable spaces of "welcome culture" in Germany.
Quelle	In: Social Inclusion, 5 (2017) 3, S. 38-48 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2183-2803
DOI	10.17645/si.v5i3.1025
Schlagwörter	Sozialität; Emotionalität; Kolonialismus; Bürgerschaftliches Engagement; Flüchtlingspolitik; Politische Kultur; Soziales Engagement; Zivilgesellschaft; Ehrenamtliche Arbeit; Freiwilligkeit; Flüchtling; Deutschland
Abstract	This article focusses on the relationships between volunteers and refugees in the German "welcome culture". I highlight the continuities between historical and colonial notions of feminine charity and contemporary volunteering efforts in support of refugees in Germany. The "welcome culture" is conceived here as a charitable space that is historically sedimented by specific understandings of gender, racial and class difference. In particular, the difference between the modern emancipated female volunteer and the female oppressed refugee plays a central role. The question of female self-determination, then, becomes an important social arena in the German "welcome culture", through which the rate and terms of participation of refugees in social life are negotiated. Thus I draw on decolonial thought as well as theoretical insights from post-development scholarship and critical studies of humanitarianism in order to consider the multitemporal and transnational character of current "welcome culture" as well as to gain a better understanding of the entailed power relations. These are more contingent than might first appear. Presenting findings from my ongoing fieldwork I conclude that the notion of "welcome culture" allows for the emergence of new forms of sociality.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2020/2