In this webinar series, we explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism in the course of four episodes. We – this is Till Mostowlansky, an anthropologist at The Graduate Institute in Geneva and Agnieszka Sobocinska, a historian at King’s College London. Based on our disciplinary pathways, we approach the topic from the vantage point of both anthropology and history. In each episode, we showcase the work of either an anthropologist or a historian of humanitarianism and discuss with them how mobility features in their work.
We conclude this webinar series with the fourth and final episode in which we discuss the work of Ann-Christin Zuntz from the University of Edinburgh. Ann-Christin talks about her research on refugee workers in agricultural businesses in the Middle East and on how their labour relates to mobility and humanitarianism. Her research has resulted in several prize-winning publications, such as the 2021 article Refugees’ Transnational Livelihoods and Remittances: Syrian Mobilities in the Middle East Before and After 2011 in the Journal of Refugee Studies. Ann-Christin has also collaborated on the excellent graphic novel “May God Bless the Hand that Works”: Stories from Displaced Syrian Farmworkers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In the discussion, we broaden the conversation and talk about intermediaries, agency and the role of evangelical humanitarians. We hope you’ll enjoy this week’s episode and stay tuned for our upcoming written piece on the broader themes of the webinar!
Watch the other episodes of this series here.
