MeDiMi Impuls / Mittwoch, 19.09.2024, 18:00–19:30 Uhr / Gießen
What Does Democracy Mean in Migration Societies? Human Rights, Participation, and Solidarity
Roundtable with Klaas Müller (Verfassungsblog), Elizabeth Ngari (Women in Exile), and Hidaya Nampiima and Fanny van der Vooren (Here to Support)
Justus Liebig University Giessen | Bar Menachem Hörsaal (HS 5) | Licher Str. 68, 35394 Giessen
How do we understand and shape democracy in a society characterized by pluralism and migration? What role do human rights play therein? Against the backdrop of regional elections in Thuringia, Saxony, and Brandenburg and an increasing shift to the far right in Germany, we invite you to join activists and committed academics for an evening of discussion on the interplay between democracy, human rights, and migration. The discussion aims to connect local political incidents with international debates and similar experiences elsewhere in search for common global norms and defiances of their local politicization.
This event aims to facilitate a shared exchange of experiences between activists, academics, and local civil society. The roundtable continues a series of “MeDiMi Impulses” by the MeDiMi Research Associates, who organize themselves as a Section of the Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (GGS).
Participants:
Klaas Müller is a research assistant for the Thüringen Projekt at Verfassungsblog. He has studied law and philosophy in Münster and is working on his PhD on the philosophy of asylum law at Humboldt University Berlin.
Elizabeth Ngari is a founding member, activist, coordinator, and administrator of the Women in Exile, an initiative founded in Brandenburg state in 2002 by refugee women to fight for their rights.
Hidaya Nampiima (she/her) is a member of Here to Support (Amsterdam) and co-founder of the Amsterdam City Rights coalition. Fanny van der Vooren (she/her) works at Here to Support and is a member of Amsterdam City Rights. Here to Support collaborates with refugees in limbo and various organizations in the fields of education and knowledge, artistic projects, and lobby and advocacy.
Chairs: Anna Arden (Justus Liebig University Giessen) & Maria Hartmann (Philipps University Marburg)
This event is embedded in the MeDiMi Conference 2024. Participation is possible without registering for the conference. Further information on the speakers can be found in the Book of Abstracts and Bios. Please note that the event will not be livestreamed.