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Risam, Roopika. “What Passes for Human?: Undermining the Universal Subject in Digital Humanities Praxis.” Bodies of Information: Intersectional Feminism and the Digital Humanities, edited by Elizabeth Losh and Jacqueline Wernimont, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis; London, 2018, pp. 39–56. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctv9hj9r9.6. Accessed 6 Feb. 2020.

Risam’s article looks at various digital humanities and robotics projects done within the past decade to highlight the insidious ways they present a “universal subject” that is still very much premised on racist colonial conceptions of the “human.” Looking at Microsoft’s AI chatbot “Tay,” Hanson Robotics’ Sophia, and the LaMem project, alongside a few other DH projects, Risam underscores critical elisions in methodology and claims to universality. Most importantly, Risam somewhat follows Safiya Noble’s argument about the critical importance of the manual labor conditions that underpin DH and robotic work. Looking at the corporation Amazon Mechanical Turk, Risam argues that the lack of information about labor pools, and who is doing basic input coding, is a huge issue. He links this argument to the broader lack of information available about various large algorithms and how they function and claims this is a primarily site for decolonizing intervention in the digital humanities.

Sauers, Jenna. “Life After Fiction: The Future of Lil Miquela.” Cultured Mag, 23 April 2019, https://www.culturedmag.com/lil-miquela/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2020.

In a very coherent piece for Cultured magazine, Jenna Sauers offers an explanatory background on Miquela Sosa (Lil Miquela is the CGI character’s stage name) and poses questions about Miquela’s creators- a mysterious “digital media startup” called Blud. Sauers is focused on the confusion the CGI influencer causes her audience. Why are people willing to suspend their disbelief about her being a physical reality when, logically, most people know robots have not reached this level of technical advancement? What does this aura of mystery create for Blud? While generally pessimistic about what Miquela means in regards to commodification of social justice language, Sauers most interesting argument is that she can be interpreted as a “useful” primer for ethical questions about AI that we are sure to encounter very soon.

Shram, Brian. “Accidental Orientations: Rethinking Queerness in Archival Times.” Surveillance & Society, vol. 17, no. 5, 2019, pp. 602-617, ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance -and-society/article/view/8688. Accessed 6 Feb. 2020.

Shram interrogates theoretical conceptions of “Queerness” in the age of Big Data and surveillance. Building on previous Big Data studies, specifically focused on Facebook, Shram illustrates how surveillance culture minutely categorizes subjects and nearly eliminates “the margins and in-between spaces,” where scholars of the 90’s theorized as liberatory. However, Shram focuses on how algorithms’ inherent “performative capacities” can also lead users into different queer online terrain and questions the ontological implications of one’s “data double” being assamblaged as queer without one’s knowledge.


Annotated Bibliography: Intergenerational Programs and the Benefits of Fostering Relationships Between Two Different Generations of People

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Primary Sources

We will work throughout our research to find individuals and programs that work directly with an intergenerational construct, including the Grandfriends program at Davidson College, as well as various other community based organizations that work directly with The Pines and Ada Jenkins. We will also work to navigate spaces where there are natural points of interaction within the elderly and youth communities, where interactions are natural and frequent.

Secondary Sources

Powell, Judith A., and George E. Arquitt. “Getting the Generations Back Together: A Rationale for Development of Community Based Intergenerational Interaction Programs.” The Family Coordinator, vol. 27, no. 4, 1978, pp. 421–26, doi:10.2307/583446. JSTOR. —. “Getting the Generations Back Together: A Rationale for Development of Community Based Intergenerational Interaction Programs.” The Family Coordinator, vol. 27, no. 4, 1978, pp. 421–26, doi:10.2307/583446. JSTOR.

This article outlines the fragmentation of the extended family, the elimination of neighborhoods as a social entity and the emphasis on age segregated voluntary associations, which have caused a decrease in opportunities for individuals to make meaningful relationships across generations. For the most part, institutions that have been created to attend to the needs of particular groups of people have been kept separate from each other, which has caused, they argue, for us to isolate further from one another. The authors seem to give particular attention to how accessing the older generation’s knowledge and experiences are a privilege, and that utilizing would be increasingly beneficial.

The author outlines the intention of this paper, in conversation with other scholars, to work to highlight the literature already out there on intergenerational programming, and present programming suggestions to help individuals research and create spaces where intergenerational programming is best used. In the Literature Review section of this article, the author draws on scholars who are unable to draw definite conclusions. Based on statistical analysis, there is no real conclusive empirical evidence that states that all stereotyping across generations is negative. It outlines scholars’ investigations on the attitudes towards older adults among youth, attitudes towards youth from older adults, and the effects of intergeneration interaction. Scholarly reports on the attitudes of the elderly are shown to be inclusive, showing distinction between data.  The attitudes towards youth are dependent on life satisfaction and good relationships with an older person’s own children.  had negative opinions about growing old themselves, though not about the elderly generation currently. Once both groups interact, however, there appears to be a trend between positive attitudes relating to perceptions of other generations and direct contact with them.

This article concludes that there is not enough research out there relating to places where non-familial ties between generations are not a constant, and that studies have been done as a result of convenience. Consequently, they propose to develop local community intergeneration interactional programs which would establish consistent relationships between various generations within different institutions. This would allow for relationships to build based on previously limited interaction and unrelated individuals. Particular steps outlined include one-to-one consistent contact, where the young and old might live and eat together within an educational setting or where the older generation serves as teachers. Economic advantage is considered, through community volunteering which would prove to have minimal costs.

The article proves to be helpful for our project in providing information on both the cause of generational speeration, and a need for intergenerational relationships to develop further. The authors extensively culminate case studies and scholarly work to understand where there are holes in the larger research, and what programs are best utilized.

Prose, John L. “Changing Adolescent Behaviors Toward the Elderly.” Educational Horizons, vol. 62, no. 3, 1984, pp. 102–03, https://www.jstor.org/stable/42924596. JSTOR.

This article attends to the idea that negative attitudes about the elderly are widespread based on separation within society by critically analyzing a particular study between high school juniors (ages 16 and 17) and individuals or couples over the age of 70. John Prose touches upon other scholarship, including many in the late 1970s that suggest that adolescents’ impressions showed old people to be “flexible, yet complex”, showing neutral and slightly positive opinions of the elderly. A separate study done by Ahammer and Baltes shows adolescents to be highly socially interested in their elderly relatives.

The article transitions to the positive effects of intergenerational programming and experiencing, the experiment highlighted prior to an analysis of other research work. Forty-five minute presentations were given to the 21 junior high school students, to inform them about aging. Students were required to visit an individual over a three-week period, and during the tenth week, a group session was required for all participants. The results concluded that teaching adolescents about aging positively affected their attitudes towards aging. Results were additionally attained by a self-evaluation and reflection.

The author gives a source to explore a variety of different programs that have the potential to do good things for a society shift. However, there appears to be no real exploration as to why these programs are not already thriving and ongoing. This case study provides tangible exploration into the minds of students and a deep shift in stereotypical opinions of cross-generation representation. Though its limited in the ways it reflects upon the problems that prohibit such experiences from happening.

Ventura-Merkel, Catherine, and Marc Freedman. “Helping At-Risk Youth through Intergenerational Programming.” Children Today, vol. 17, no. 1, Feb. 1988, pp. 10–13, https://search.proquest.com/docview/63205887/269B08306E864C9EPQ/19.

This journal article provides a look into how societal constructs have changed, and the problems that arise between generations as a result. It indicates that intergenerational programming can positively affect at-risk youth, who have been a product of neglect from familial elders, as well as just simply cast aside by society. It first outlines the cause of isolation that has developed between generations and highlight the changing familial structure. Many of the generations past had to care for every member of the house, and interact with individuals of all ages. Now institutions that segregate age prevent this from happening. Additionally, the development of nuclear families and the creation of diverse family structure widen the gap between generations. This division ultimately leads to a competition between generations and a falsified understanding of intergeneration burden.

This article relates to our project in ways of understanding the reason for intergenerational programming. It reflects upon the ways in which our society has developed that has caused divide, without fully appreciating that its there., unless you’ve been a part of previous generation of people who have experienced intimacy. However, Freedman and Ventura-Merkel argues that these starting programs are working and initiatives like Foster Grandparent programs and unique projects pulled at the grass-roots level are the best sources of departure. However, this article does draw on solely how at-risk youth benefit, rather than both generations involved. This shows bias towards this program helping those seemingly in-need of it. It touches upon youths who need this programming the most are “turned-off”, angry, disadvantaged or are failing in school and need an interactive and intimate relationship.

The article then leads to talk about the specific examples of programs that harness talents of elders for at-risk youth around the United States and how they differ depending on the needs of the younger generation within a given area. The information appears comprehensive and specific, with contact information and addresses relating to each individual program. The descriptions are short, which would require us to find more information relating to each piece, though thorough with highlighting unique qualities.

Tertiary Sources

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

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Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

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Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

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Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

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Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

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Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

Annotated Bibliography: Epilogues

·

Topic: Syrian refugee relocation narratives, particularly their lives after resettlement

Primary sources: 

Hardship, Hope, and Resettlement: Refugees from Syria Tell their Stories. Amnesty International Publications, 2015. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This book from Amnesty International Publications focuses mainly on pieces of harrowing interviews of Syrian refugees about their experiences in Syria, their experiences fleeing the country, and their life after resettlement, combining images with the interviews for greater emotional impact. This source is almost identical to our topic; the main difference seems to be the broad scope of the interviews. While this book describes refugee narratives from the beginning of the conflict in their country to their current living situation, we will focus more on the current living situation of refugees in the US with only a small background segment about their time in Syria and the transition to the US. Furthermore, we will likely have much longer interviews that go more in-depth, and hopefully are accompanied by audio narration. The particular argument briefly pitched in the beginning of the book is that there is a strong need for resettlement of Syrian refugees from countries surrounding Syria to different safe countries, specifically those of targeted demographics such as the queer community, unaccompanied children, and those with pressing medical needs. This claim is defended through the eight interviews they have compiled. The work appears to be written for the general public in hopes of raising awareness about violations of refugee human rights and causing them to become activists, either by joining Amnesty International or working on their own. The book was posted by a well-known human rights organization of over 7 million people, Amnesty International, in 2015.

Hawkey, Sean. “WCC FEATURE: One Refugee’s Story: From Syria to France.” PR Newswire Africa, English ed. ed., Jan 07 2016, ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

This story by Sean Hawkey from PR Newswire Africa is mainly an interview with a pseudonymized refugee, Azad, about his journey so far from Syria to The Jungle, an illegal refugee camp in Calais, France, and the terrible living conditions of the camp as well as the need for aid. While there is no verbalized argument in the piece, it is clear that Hawkey is writing to push people and governments to provide aid for illegal camps like The Jungle. This source is somewhat related to our topic; while Azad is in a camp, and therefore not permanently settled, he has made it to a third country where he could potentially settle. Furthermore, it discusses the amount of aid refugees are receiving from people and governments, something we want to delve into in our own work. However, his process of relocation is not over, differentiating the source somewhat from our project. The evidence Hawkey uses to push for aid is shocking information about the camp both from what he has observed and from the interview with Azad. The article appears to be written for the general public in the hopes that they will help push the government to provide more aid to refugees, particularly those in unrecognized illegal camps. Hawkey is a freelance photographer with work in The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and much more, and he published this article in PR Newswire Africa in January of 2016.

Secondary sources:

Lenette, Caroline. “‘I Am a Widow, Mother and Refugee’: Narratives of Two Refugee Widows Resettled to Australia.” Journal of Refugee Studies 27.3 (2014): 403-21. ProQuest. Web. 5 Feb. 2020.

Caroline Lenette’s article focuses on the definition and impact of widowhood on refugees through the comparison of different constructions of widowhood in different cultures as well as a case study on two widowed refugees living in Australia. While there are certainly several aspects of the article that differentiate it from our topic, such as the interviewing of refugees from South Sudan, as opposed to Syria, and the focus on widowhood, the source is still strongly related as its focus is still the narratives of refugees who have resettled in what is presumably their new home. Furthermore, we are interested in learning how children impact the experiences of their parents post-resettlement. Lenette calls upon several sources to support her claims, such as an article about UN women and the Loomba Foundation joining to empower widows, K-L Chou’s study of psychological distress in immigrants who are 50 or older, which depicted significantly more distress in widows and divorcees, and several more. Through these studies, as well as the case study, she begins to depict the difficulties, nuances, and opportunities of refugee widowhood, and concludes by pushing for further research and exploration of the term. The work seems to have been written mainly for specialists in the hopes of prompting further conversation and research about widowhood in the refugee community in various contexts throughout the world. Caroline Lenette, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, published this work in the peer-reviewed Journal of Refugee Studies in 2014.

Tertiary sources: None

Pledged: SJB

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