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Sacred spaces of Karen refugees and humanitarian aid across the Thailand-Burma border

Sakrale Räume der Karen-Flüchtlinge und humanitäre Hilfe jenseits der Grenze
[journal article]

Horstmann, Alexander

Abstract

"In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and politicise humanitarian aid in the Thailand-Burma borderland. I contend that in the context of the civil war in eastern Burma, Protestant Christianity provides a crucial vehicle for political mobilisation.... view more

"In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and politicise humanitarian aid in the Thailand-Burma borderland. I contend that in the context of the civil war in eastern Burma, Protestant Christianity provides a crucial vehicle for political mobilisation. The article shows that refugee camps in the Thai borderland become centres of proselytisation, and that Protestant evangelical and missionary networks open up passages across the Thai-Burmese border. The article thus considers a case where a homeland is constructed in the liminal space between two nations. Illegal emergency aid that doubles as missionary project reinforces the image of a helpless victim being vandalized by evil Burmese army." (author's abstract)... view less


"Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, wie es der Karen National Union (KNU) gelungen ist, die humanitäre Hilfe im Grenzgebiet zwischen Thailand und Burma für eigene Ziele zu manipulieren und zu politisieren. Der Autor argumentiert, dass das protestantische Christentum ein entscheidendes Vehikel zur politischen... view more

"Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, wie es der Karen National Union (KNU) gelungen ist, die humanitäre Hilfe im Grenzgebiet zwischen Thailand und Burma für eigene Ziele zu manipulieren und zu politisieren. Der Autor argumentiert, dass das protestantische Christentum ein entscheidendes Vehikel zur politischen Mobilisierung im Kontext des Bürgerkriegs in Ost-Burma darstellt. Der Artikel zeigt, dass die Flüchtlingslager im thailändischen Grenzgebiet als Zentren der Missionierung dienen und dass die protestantisch-evangelikalen und missionarischen Netzwerke territoriale Korridore durch die thailändisch-burmesische Grenze öffnen. Wir sehen hier ein Fallbeispiel, wie eine imaginierte Nation in der Grenzerfahrung zweier Nationen konstruiert wird. Soforthilfe, die mit protestantischer Mission doppelt, verstärkt das Bild hilfloser Opfer, die von der burmesischen Armee vandalisiert werden." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
Myanmar; civil war; nationalism; Thailand; Southeast Asia; ethnic group; humanitarian aid; social network; border region; missionary work; religion; minority; Protestantism; refugee; developing country

Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Sociology of Religion

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
Karen; Nationalism; Civil War; Refugees; Humanitarian Aid

Document language
English

Publication Year
2011

Page/Pages
p. 254-272

Journal
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 4 (2011) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4232/10.ASEAS-4.2-4

ISSN
1999-253X

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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