Melissa Kerr Chiovenda
Biographic Data
| ID | 875592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Kerr Chiovenda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa Kerr |
| FAMILY NAME | Chiovenda |
| SIGNATURE | CHIOVENDA M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Forum: Confronting the Genocide of Palestinians and Refusing Repression, edited by Lori Allen and Heidi Mogstad
Derrida's Unconditional Hospitality as the Improbable: An Example of Innovation in Refugee Care
Objective I contend that City Plaza, a refugee‐run hotel in Athens, Greece has actually used socialist and anarchist political theories in an innovative way for our current global system by subverting the norms of the nation‐state with regard to refugee care. I am framing this argument by considering Derrida's discussion of unconditional and conditional hospitality. Methods The article is based on ethnographic research carried out in Athens durin…
The specter of the “arrivant”: Hauntology of an interethnic conflict in Afghanistan
For more than a century Afghanistan has been marred by (among other things) the interethnic conflict between two major groups in the country, with Pashtuns in the role of the dominant ethnicity, and Hazaras of the oppressed minority. The post-Taliban period in Afghanistan has seen a renaissance in Hazaras’ social and political participation, which has aroused fear and anxiety in Pashtuns’ collective imaginary. Jacques Derrida, building on Freud’s…
Reflections from the Field from Nangarhar to Bamyan: Reactions to International Involvement in Afghanistan after September 11, 2001
The illumination of marginality: How ethnic Hazaras in Bamyan, Afghanistan, perceive the lack of electricity as discrimination
In Afghanistan ethnic Hazaras are a group with a long history of marginalization, and even outright persecution, mainly because of their Shi'a Muslim faith. Only after the international intervention in 2001 have socio-economic opportunities started to open up for Hazaras. Hazaras, however, maintain a strong perception of still being considered second-class citizens, claiming to be overlooked by the Afghan government and allotted fewer funds by th…
Sacred Blasphemy: Global and Local Views of the Destruction of the Bamyan Buddha Statues in Afghanistan
In March 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed two ancient Buddha statues carved into a cliff face in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The event received wide coverage in the international media. The local ethnic minority group that inhabits Bamyan, the Hazaras, received little or no attention in the reporting of this event. This article seeks to demonstrate that the Western media participated in the construction of a history of the statues a…
Unequal Virtual Terrains: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa)
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) became a well-known feminist organisation during the rule of the Taliban, when it dedicated itself to bringing the abuses of Taliban against women in Afghanistan to worldwide attention. RAWA was briefly allied with the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) when this United States (US)-based organisation also made the plight of women in Afghanistan a priority. However, disagreements between…
Sacred Blasphemy: Global and Local Views of the Destruction of the Bamyan Buddha Statues in Afghanistan
In March 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed two ancient Buddha statues carved into a cliff face in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The event received wide coverage in the international media. The local ethnic minority group that inhabits Bamyan, the Hazaras, received little or no attention in the reporting of this event. This article seeks to demonstrate that the Western media participated in the construction of a history of the statues a…
The illumination of marginality: How ethnic Hazaras in Bamyan, Afghanistan, perceive the lack of electricity as discrimination
In Afghanistan ethnic Hazaras are a group with a long history of marginalization, and even outright persecution, mainly because of their Shi'a Muslim faith. Only after the international intervention in 2001 have socio-economic opportunities started to open up for Hazaras. Hazaras, however, maintain a strong perception of still being considered second-class citizens, claiming to be overlooked by the Afghan government and allotted fewer funds by th…
Derrida's Unconditional Hospitality as the Improbable: An Example of Innovation in Refugee Care
Objective I contend that City Plaza, a refugee‐run hotel in Athens, Greece has actually used socialist and anarchist political theories in an innovative way for our current global system by subverting the norms of the nation‐state with regard to refugee care. I am framing this argument by considering Derrida's discussion of unconditional and conditional hospitality. Methods The article is based on ethnographic research carried out in Athens durin…
Unequal Virtual Terrains: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa)
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) became a well-known feminist organisation during the rule of the Taliban, when it dedicated itself to bringing the abuses of Taliban against women in Afghanistan to worldwide attention. RAWA was briefly allied with the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) when this United States (US)-based organisation also made the plight of women in Afghanistan a priority. However, disagreements between…
The illumination of marginality: How ethnic Hazaras in Bamyan, Afghanistan, perceive the lack of electricity as discrimination
In Afghanistan ethnic Hazaras are a group with a long history of marginalization, and even outright persecution, mainly because of their Shi'a Muslim faith. Only after the international intervention in 2001 have socio-economic opportunities started to open up for Hazaras. Hazaras, however, maintain a strong perception of still being considered second-class citizens, claiming to be overlooked by the Afghan government and allotted fewer funds by th…
Sacred Blasphemy: Global and Local Views of the Destruction of the Bamyan Buddha Statues in Afghanistan
In March 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed two ancient Buddha statues carved into a cliff face in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The event received wide coverage in the international media. The local ethnic minority group that inhabits Bamyan, the Hazaras, received little or no attention in the reporting of this event. This article seeks to demonstrate that the Western media participated in the construction of a history of the statues a…
Reflections from the Field from Nangarhar to Bamyan: Reactions to International Involvement in Afghanistan after September 11, 2001
The specter of the “arrivant”: Hauntology of an interethnic conflict in Afghanistan
For more than a century Afghanistan has been marred by (among other things) the interethnic conflict between two major groups in the country, with Pashtuns in the role of the dominant ethnicity, and Hazaras of the oppressed minority. The post-Taliban period in Afghanistan has seen a renaissance in Hazaras’ social and political participation, which has aroused fear and anxiety in Pashtuns’ collective imaginary. Jacques Derrida, building on Freud’s…
Derrida's Unconditional Hospitality as the Improbable: An Example of Innovation in Refugee Care
Objective I contend that City Plaza, a refugee‐run hotel in Athens, Greece has actually used socialist and anarchist political theories in an innovative way for our current global system by subverting the norms of the nation‐state with regard to refugee care. I am framing this argument by considering Derrida's discussion of unconditional and conditional hospitality. Methods The article is based on ethnographic research carried out in Athens durin…
Forum: Confronting the Genocide of Palestinians and Refusing Repression, edited by Lori Allen and Heidi Mogstad
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Ethnography (2 works)