Human rights on the move / edited by Wendy S. Hesford, Momar K. Ndiaye, and Amy Shuman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hesford, Wendy S., editor.

Ndiaye, Momar K., editor.

Shuman, Amy, 1951- editor.

Series:

On possibility: social change and the arts + humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Moral and religious aspects.

Human rights.

Human rights--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Engaging critical human rights studies from an interdisciplinary arts and humanities perspective, Human Rights on the Move addresses a range of human rights violations in contemporary society, including the carceral systems that prevent movement, the gendered and racial restrictions placed on movement, the lack of access that assures movement only for those who have the ability to move, and the histories of movements such as settler colonialism. The approaches to human rights in this wide-ranging collection are also “on the move," emphasizing a nimble, cross-disciplinary approach that considers the intersection of politics, culture, and the arts. Contributing artists, activists, and scholars expose the fundamental paradox of human rights (namely that nation-states are violators and guarantors of rights) while also showing how people facing violence and persecution move with the hope of more livable and equitable futures. The assembled scholarly essays, interviews, and creative pieces demonstrate the importance of a more relational and contextual understanding of human rights—one that can destabilize current definitions and open space for new formulations."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Reckoning with human rights incommensurability / Wendy S. Hesford and Amy Shuman

On the move : human rights and humanitarian violence / Wendy S. Hesford

Migration imaginaries : wreckage, ruination, and recovery / Eleanor Paynter

Interlude 1: Choreographing mobility and human rights : a conversation with Momar Ndiaye, Eleanor Paynter, and Amy Shuman

Contemporary art practices and the human right to global mobility / Víctor M. Espinosa and Cristian Pineda

Interlude 2: Human rights and the fragility of staying alive : a conversation with Faustin Linyekula and Momar Ndiaye

Border embodiments and ethical arts practices / Guisela Latorre

Interlude 3: Decentering human rights toward an African ideology : a conversation with nora chipaumire and Momar Ndiaye

Disposable, exploitable, and essential : transnational domestic labor in Hong Kong / Shui-yin Sharon Yam

Interlude 4: Black woman and girls, corona, and the pandemix-a one-woman show : a performance by Elaine Richardson, a.k.a. Dr. E

Countering carceral logics with Black feminist pedagogies / Tiyi M. Morris and Mary E. Thomas

Interlude 5: Dislocated selves, incarcerated rights : a testimonial by Sona Kazemi

Transforming subjectivity through testimony / Bridget M. Haas

Street cats : human-animal interdependencies in times of ecological crisis / Rachel Lewis

María Sabina as vanishing Indian : writing Mazatec culture out of mushroom medicine / Paloma Martinez-Cruz

Epilogue: Human rights in transit : a reflection / Jennifer Suchland.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on September 20, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780814283516

0814283519

OCLC:

1436908536

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.