Pardis Mahdavi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3619063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pardis Mahdavi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pardis |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahdavi |
| SIGNATURE | MAHDAVI P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Human Rights at the Intersections
At a time when states are increasingly hostile to the international rights regime, human rights activists have turned to non-state and sub-state actors to begin the implementation of human rights law. This complicates the conventional analysis of relationships between local actors, global norms, and cosmopolitanism. The contributions in this open access collection examine the “lived realities of human rights” and critically engage with debates on…
Migrant Encounters
Migrant Encounters examines what happens when migrants across Asia encounter the restrictions and opportunities presented by state actors and policies. Contributions draw on original ethnographic work foregrounding migrants' intimate lives to argue that such encounters unpredictably transform migrants and the states between which they move.
Race, space, place
This chapter uses the term race to mean perceived race to reflect the local vernacular and hierarchical racialisation of labour in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The social and physical topography of Dubai is important in marginalising or privileging various groups of sex workers which correlates race, space and place with income-generating potential. While the racialisation and spatialisation outlined encompasses a majority of the social topogr…
From Trafficking to Terror
A panic surrounds human trafficking and terrorism. The socially constructed 'war on terror’ and ‘war on trafficking’ are linked through discourses that not only combine the two, but help promote an anti-Muslim sentiment. Using ethnographic data and stories, From Trafficking to Terror presents the need to challenge the trafficking and terror paradigm, and rethink approaches to the large scale challenges these discourses have created. This book is …
From Trafficking to Terror
A panic surrounds human trafficking and terrorism. The socially constructed 'war on terror’ and ‘war on trafficking’ are linked through discourses that not only combine the two, but help promote an anti-Muslim sentiment. Using ethnographic data and stories, From Trafficking to Terror presents the need to challenge the trafficking and terror paradigm, and rethink approaches to the large scale challenges these discourses have created. This book is …
From Trafficking to Terror
A panic surrounds human trafficking and terrorism. The socially constructed 'war on terror’ and ‘war on trafficking’ are linked through discourses that not only combine the two, but help promote an anti-Muslim sentiment. Using ethnographic data and stories, From Trafficking to Terror presents the need to challenge the trafficking and terror paradigm, and rethink approaches to the large scale challenges these discourses have created. This book is …
Migrant Encounters
Migrant Encounters examines what happens when migrants across Asia encounter the restrictions and opportunities presented by state actors and policies. Contributions draw on original ethnographic work foregrounding migrants' intimate lives to argue that such encounters unpredictably transform migrants and the states between which they move.
Race, space, place
This chapter uses the term race to mean perceived race to reflect the local vernacular and hierarchical racialisation of labour in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The social and physical topography of Dubai is important in marginalising or privileging various groups of sex workers which correlates race, space and place with income-generating potential. While the racialisation and spatialisation outlined encompasses a majority of the social topogr…
Human Rights at the Intersections
At a time when states are increasingly hostile to the international rights regime, human rights activists have turned to non-state and sub-state actors to begin the implementation of human rights law. This complicates the conventional analysis of relationships between local actors, global norms, and cosmopolitanism. The contributions in this open access collection examine the “lived realities of human rights” and critically engage with debates on…
Computer Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · asia (1 work) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 work) · Computer security (1 work) · Cosmopolitanism (1 work) · Criminology (1 work)