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Researching Internal Displacement offers a platform for publishing short pieces of writing, artistic productions and other research outputs, policy briefings and think pieces on internal displacement from our networks and others in a conversational and informal setting. We hope that the posts will be engaging and insightful, and welcome comments on the pieces.
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Researching Internal Displacement publishes engaging and insightful short pieces of writing, artistic and research outputs, policy briefings and think pieces on internal displacement.
We welcome contributions from academics, practitioners, researchers, officials, artists, poets, writers, musicians, dancers, postgraduate students and people affected by internal displacement.
Turning the narrative on disaster displacement in the Global North
By Ana Mosneaga
| February 11, 2021
‘Taigan no kaji (対岸の火事)’ is the Japanese idiom that literally means a fire on the opposite river bank. It is used to refer to an attitude when people observe something that poses grave threat for others with calm, since they perceive it as posing no risk or harm to themselves.
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Why do we need further research on internal displacement?
By Professor David Cantor
| February 3, 2021
Research scholarship on internal displacement is scarce and fragmentary. Peer-reviewed journal articles and books on internal displacement and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are surprisingly few.
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Policy Brief: Internal Displacement and Health
By HIDN
| February 1, 2021
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