(PDF) Impact of Xenophobia Attacks in South Africa on Regional
Panel Discussion: Understanding xenophobia in South Africa: Causes and
(PDF) Rethinking Xenophobia and Medical Xenophobia
(PDF) An Analysis of the Causes, Effects and Ramifications of
(PDF) Conceptual and Methodological Research of Xenophobia in Social
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The Global Rise of Xenophobia, the New Issue of Social Research
The rise of Xenophobia, globally, has unfortunately become increasingly virulent. The latest issue of Social Research, through a set of case studies, draws connections between the personal and the political with contributions from Marci Shore, Erika Lee, Bálint Madlovics, Irena Grudzińska Gross, Sina Arnold, Jocelyne Cesari, Mehmet Kurt, Munawwar Abdulla and, Amit Chaudhuri.
Xenophobia Meter Project
The Xenophobia Meter Project (XMP) aims to track anti-immigrant hate speech. It includes the Xenophobia Meter, a labeling procedure, and a labeled dataset of Twitter (X) data. ... and to promote awareness, research, and advocacy for a more inclusive society. The accounts we collected tweets from are: AAAJ_AAJC: A non-profit organization ...
PDF Xenophobia: A critical study of the phenomenon and pragmatic solutions
Making South Africa a case study on the management of xenophobia, this study contextualises xenophobia as a deeply rooted and protracted socio-legal problem and argues that only deep understanding and research-based pragmatic interventions can alleviate the phenomenon.
(PDF) Xenophobia
Abstract. Xenophobia is the social construction of exclusion of outsiders based on a myriad of factors, including notions of nationalism, ethnocentrism, and fear of foreigners or noncitizens ...
Keynote: Xenophobia Meter Project
Her research and teaching focus on projects that examine the implementation of immigrant worker rights as well as the interdisciplinary study of the forces that shape migration flows and migrant experiences. ... 2022-02-07 13:002022-02-07 14:15Xenophobia Meter ProjectAdd to CalendarIn this virtual talk, Professor Gilly Leshed will present the ...
Does COVID-19 threat increase xenophobia? The roles of protection
Conclusions. Under disease threat, xenophobia can appear within a country that otherwise seems culturally homogeneous. This study extends the extant research by identifying a possible psychological mechanism by which individuals' perception of disease threat elicits xenophobia, and by addressing the question of why this response is stronger among some people than others.
Confronting the consequences of racism, xenophobia, and discrimination
Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are key determinants of health and equity and must be addressed for improved health outcomes. We conclude that far broader, deeper, transformative action is needed compared with current measures to tackle adverse effects of racism on health. To challenge the structural drivers of racism and xenophobia, anti-racist action and other wider measures that ...
Xenophobia in the United States: Structural Drivers
Xenophobia is on the rise, globally and within the United States, targeting individuals and groups based on their perceived "foreignness." In 2016 experts warned the United Nations (UN) General Assembly of a worldwide resurgence of racism and xenophobia targeting migrants, refugees, and people of African descent and, in 2021, the General Assembly created a new Permanent Forum of People of ...
Why hidden xenophobia is surging into the open
Xenophobia is often explained as a response to economic insecurity 1 — a reaction to increasing competition for jobs and a related decline in wages, perceived to be exacerbated by immigration ...
Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health
This Series shows how racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the structures that support them are detrimental to health. In this first Series paper, we describe the conceptual model used throughout the Series and the underlying principles and definitions. We explore concepts of epistemic injustice, biological experimentation, and misconceptions about race using a historical lens.
Prejudice and xenophobia in COVID-19 research manuscripts
Unreliable information and collective perceptual bias has exacerbated fear, prejudice, and xenophobia 1. Scholars are at the forefront of scientific research, with the potential to offer objective ...
Xenophobia, prejudice, and blame in pandemic times
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us time and time again, through deeply painful lessons, that epidemics of infectious diseases may be biological in origin but our collective understandings of them and their impacts are social. From US Supreme Court rulings on mask and vaccine mandates in December, 2020, and as recently as January, 2022, to xenophobia, racism, and the blaming of disease ...
Conflating culture with COVID-19: Xenophobic repercussions of a global
Abstract. This commentary aims to deconstruct xenophobia and its worldwide impact, particularly on people of Asian descent, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The commentary begins with an overview of COVID-19's impact on the United States economy and educational landscape, continues with a discussion about the global history of pandemic ...
When Coronavirus and Xenophobia Go Hand in Hand : Code Switch
The global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian ...
(PDF) Revisiting the Strategies for the Prevention of Xenophobia in
Abstract. South Africa has been battling recurrent xenophobic attacks since the attainment of democratic rule in 1994, with major incidences in 2008, 2015 and 2017. This study examined the ...
'When they come, we don't send them back': counter ...
This fieldwork was part of a larger research project conducted in both Musina and Johannesburg. ... [Re]-presenting knowledge: the coverage of xenophobia research in selected South African ...
A contextualisation of the 2008 and 2015 xenophobic attacks: Tracing
Reflecting on these, this article rethinks xenophobia in the country by positioning it as an inevitable and unavoidable symptom of the nation-building project. By connecting the 2008 attacks to similar violence in 2015, it traces socially and politically embedded attitudes that contribute to an environment of hostility and intolerance.
Xenophobia
The XENO@GR project examines the evolution of the phenomenon of xenophobia in the contemporary Greek society from the 1990s onward. The main research puzzle is whether (or not) the phenomenon of xenophobia is an outcome of the recent financial crisis or it comprises a long-lasting social perception deeply rooted in the Greek society.
[2212.07877] Manifestations of Xenophobia in AI Systems
Manifestations of Xenophobia in AI Systems. Xenophobia is one of the key drivers of marginalisation, discrimination, and conflict, yet many prominent machine learning (ML) fairness frameworks fail to comprehensively measure or mitigate the resulting xenophobic harms. Here we aim to bridge this conceptual gap and help facilitate safe and ethical ...
Xenophobia : a critical study of the phenomenon and pragmatic solutions
Making South Africa a case study on the management of xenophobia, this study contextualises xenophobia as a deeply rooted and protracted socio-legal problem and argues that only deep understanding and research-based pragmatic interventions can alleviate the phenomenon. Relying on conclusions from empirical surveys by experts and human rights ...
'A foreigner is not a person in this country': xenophobia and the
South Africa's major cities are periodically wracked by large-scale xenophobic violence directed at migrants and refugees from other countries. Informal sector businesses and their migrant owners and employees are particularly vulnerable targets during these attacks. Migrant-owned businesses are also targeted on a regular basis in smaller-scale looting and destruction of property. There is ...
Does COVID-19 threat increase xenophobia? The roles of protection
Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, people in many countries have shown xenophobia toward China, where the pandemic began. Within China, xenophobia has also been observed toward the people of Wuhan, the city where the first cases were identified. The relationship between disease threat and xenophobia is well established, but the reasons for this relationship are unclear. This ...
"They Have Robbed Me of My Life": Xenophobic Violence Against Non
Summary. "Jean," a Congolese shop owner, received a disturbing call on the night of September 2, 2019. On the other end of the line was his landlord, a South African, who told him that rioters ...
Trump Xenophobia Reaches Its Apex in Racist Campaign Post
Trump xenophobia has reached its apex in a racist campaign post. The Trump War Room posted an ad that treats Kamala Harris as the evil engineer of the 'great replacement theory.' It's the ...
3D-printed living cells pave way for tomorrow's medicine and cruelty
As part of a research initiative called ENLIGHT which runs from 2021 to 2025, they are developing a miniature 3D-printed pancreas made of human cells. This, they hope, could improve the reliability and accuracy of testing of new therapies to treat diabetes and, perhaps, even one day lead to the possibility of lab-grown organs for human transplants.
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The rise of Xenophobia, globally, has unfortunately become increasingly virulent. The latest issue of Social Research, through a set of case studies, draws connections between the personal and the political with contributions from Marci Shore, Erika Lee, Bálint Madlovics, Irena Grudzińska Gross, Sina Arnold, Jocelyne Cesari, Mehmet Kurt, Munawwar Abdulla and, Amit Chaudhuri.
The Xenophobia Meter Project (XMP) aims to track anti-immigrant hate speech. It includes the Xenophobia Meter, a labeling procedure, and a labeled dataset of Twitter (X) data. ... and to promote awareness, research, and advocacy for a more inclusive society. The accounts we collected tweets from are: AAAJ_AAJC: A non-profit organization ...
Making South Africa a case study on the management of xenophobia, this study contextualises xenophobia as a deeply rooted and protracted socio-legal problem and argues that only deep understanding and research-based pragmatic interventions can alleviate the phenomenon.
Abstract. Xenophobia is the social construction of exclusion of outsiders based on a myriad of factors, including notions of nationalism, ethnocentrism, and fear of foreigners or noncitizens ...
Her research and teaching focus on projects that examine the implementation of immigrant worker rights as well as the interdisciplinary study of the forces that shape migration flows and migrant experiences. ... 2022-02-07 13:002022-02-07 14:15Xenophobia Meter ProjectAdd to CalendarIn this virtual talk, Professor Gilly Leshed will present the ...
Conclusions. Under disease threat, xenophobia can appear within a country that otherwise seems culturally homogeneous. This study extends the extant research by identifying a possible psychological mechanism by which individuals' perception of disease threat elicits xenophobia, and by addressing the question of why this response is stronger among some people than others.
Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are key determinants of health and equity and must be addressed for improved health outcomes. We conclude that far broader, deeper, transformative action is needed compared with current measures to tackle adverse effects of racism on health. To challenge the structural drivers of racism and xenophobia, anti-racist action and other wider measures that ...
Xenophobia is on the rise, globally and within the United States, targeting individuals and groups based on their perceived "foreignness." In 2016 experts warned the United Nations (UN) General Assembly of a worldwide resurgence of racism and xenophobia targeting migrants, refugees, and people of African descent and, in 2021, the General Assembly created a new Permanent Forum of People of ...
Xenophobia is often explained as a response to economic insecurity 1 — a reaction to increasing competition for jobs and a related decline in wages, perceived to be exacerbated by immigration ...
This Series shows how racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the structures that support them are detrimental to health. In this first Series paper, we describe the conceptual model used throughout the Series and the underlying principles and definitions. We explore concepts of epistemic injustice, biological experimentation, and misconceptions about race using a historical lens.
Unreliable information and collective perceptual bias has exacerbated fear, prejudice, and xenophobia 1. Scholars are at the forefront of scientific research, with the potential to offer objective ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us time and time again, through deeply painful lessons, that epidemics of infectious diseases may be biological in origin but our collective understandings of them and their impacts are social. From US Supreme Court rulings on mask and vaccine mandates in December, 2020, and as recently as January, 2022, to xenophobia, racism, and the blaming of disease ...
Abstract. This commentary aims to deconstruct xenophobia and its worldwide impact, particularly on people of Asian descent, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The commentary begins with an overview of COVID-19's impact on the United States economy and educational landscape, continues with a discussion about the global history of pandemic ...
The global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian ...
Abstract. South Africa has been battling recurrent xenophobic attacks since the attainment of democratic rule in 1994, with major incidences in 2008, 2015 and 2017. This study examined the ...
This fieldwork was part of a larger research project conducted in both Musina and Johannesburg. ... [Re]-presenting knowledge: the coverage of xenophobia research in selected South African ...
Reflecting on these, this article rethinks xenophobia in the country by positioning it as an inevitable and unavoidable symptom of the nation-building project. By connecting the 2008 attacks to similar violence in 2015, it traces socially and politically embedded attitudes that contribute to an environment of hostility and intolerance.
The XENO@GR project examines the evolution of the phenomenon of xenophobia in the contemporary Greek society from the 1990s onward. The main research puzzle is whether (or not) the phenomenon of xenophobia is an outcome of the recent financial crisis or it comprises a long-lasting social perception deeply rooted in the Greek society.
Manifestations of Xenophobia in AI Systems. Xenophobia is one of the key drivers of marginalisation, discrimination, and conflict, yet many prominent machine learning (ML) fairness frameworks fail to comprehensively measure or mitigate the resulting xenophobic harms. Here we aim to bridge this conceptual gap and help facilitate safe and ethical ...
Making South Africa a case study on the management of xenophobia, this study contextualises xenophobia as a deeply rooted and protracted socio-legal problem and argues that only deep understanding and research-based pragmatic interventions can alleviate the phenomenon. Relying on conclusions from empirical surveys by experts and human rights ...
South Africa's major cities are periodically wracked by large-scale xenophobic violence directed at migrants and refugees from other countries. Informal sector businesses and their migrant owners and employees are particularly vulnerable targets during these attacks. Migrant-owned businesses are also targeted on a regular basis in smaller-scale looting and destruction of property. There is ...
Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, people in many countries have shown xenophobia toward China, where the pandemic began. Within China, xenophobia has also been observed toward the people of Wuhan, the city where the first cases were identified. The relationship between disease threat and xenophobia is well established, but the reasons for this relationship are unclear. This ...
Summary. "Jean," a Congolese shop owner, received a disturbing call on the night of September 2, 2019. On the other end of the line was his landlord, a South African, who told him that rioters ...
Trump xenophobia has reached its apex in a racist campaign post. The Trump War Room posted an ad that treats Kamala Harris as the evil engineer of the 'great replacement theory.' It's the ...
As part of a research initiative called ENLIGHT which runs from 2021 to 2025, they are developing a miniature 3D-printed pancreas made of human cells. This, they hope, could improve the reliability and accuracy of testing of new therapies to treat diabetes and, perhaps, even one day lead to the possibility of lab-grown organs for human transplants.