TY - JOUR
T1 - Prologue: Victims or Partners? The Social Perspective in Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement
AU - Price, Susanna
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The special focus section in this issue examines the interface between anthropology and development-forced displacement and resettlement. Anthropologists first analysed the social consequences of displacement, drawing attention to its social costs and the complexity of the resettlement process. Beyond this, they turned their attention to advocacy for those displaced by articulating the policy and practical changes necessary to mitigate the damage. This prologue tracks some key points in that interface. Has this interface resolved the problems of displacement? No, partly because social aspects of displacement are still neglected; however, now people faced with displacement can summon a far wider range of strategies with which to frame their concerns.
AB - The special focus section in this issue examines the interface between anthropology and development-forced displacement and resettlement. Anthropologists first analysed the social consequences of displacement, drawing attention to its social costs and the complexity of the resettlement process. Beyond this, they turned their attention to advocacy for those displaced by articulating the policy and practical changes necessary to mitigate the damage. This prologue tracks some key points in that interface. Has this interface resolved the problems of displacement? No, partly because social aspects of displacement are still neglected; however, now people faced with displacement can summon a far wider range of strategies with which to frame their concerns.
U2 - 10.1080/14442210903305821
DO - 10.1080/14442210903305821
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 266
EP - 282
JO - The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
JF - The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
IS - 4
ER -