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Human Rights for Refugees and Other Marginalised Persons

A Midrash Methodology

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Authors:
  1. Devorah Wainer

    1. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  • Demonstrates how to engage interdisciplinary qualitative research methodology

  • Offers new dimensions for researchers from different predispositions, languages, cultures, countries, and fields of inquiry

  • Presents unique research from inside Australian Detention Centers, the islands of Europe, and the Arizona desert

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction: Interweaving Research, Refugees and Rights

    • Devorah Wainer
    Pages 1-12

  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Marginalised Other

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 15-22

    3. History of the Methodology

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 23-35

    4. New Knowledge

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 37-49

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Contextualising the Need for a Levinasian Approach

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 53-67

    3. The Ethical Interruption

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 69-80

    4. Knowledge

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 81-85

    5. Who Is Speaking and Why?

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 87-93

    6. Midrash

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 95-102

    7. Principles

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 103-107

  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Putting It All Together

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 111-122

    3. Sense-Making

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 123-141

  6. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Boundaries, Spaces and Lacuna

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 145-197

    3. Epilogue

      • Devorah Wainer
      Pages 199-201

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 203-247
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About this book

This book provides a new framework for conducting qualitative research into Asylum Seeking Refugees based on Emmanuel Levinas’ ethic of the face-to-face encounter. The methodology originates in the term Midrash—a narrative form that exposes; investigates; searches. It reconceptualises encounters between Asylum Seeking Refugees and those researching their experiences in a manner that moves beyond the possibility of ‘Othering’ and the removal of ‘voice’ that can characterise research into refugees. This methodology allows a complex and rich multidimensional text, with heterogeneity of voices, experiences, and subjects. As a phenomenological method of research, the internal phenomena of the researcher—feeling, intuition, and personal perception—are legitimate sites of knowledge and understanding, and are not considered separate from the external, objectively observable world. While the researcher is not researching herself, she is also not separate from the research field and data. The Midrash methodology is an honest and explicit method of research designed to (re)invigorated the passion of academics and researchers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Devorah Wainer

About the author

Devorah Wainer is an honorary associate at the University of Sydney, Australia, in the School of Social and Political Sciences. Her PhD dissertation was awarded a place on the Chancellors list for outstanding scholarly research. Refusing to remove agency from her already disempowered research subjects Devorah developed the interdisciplinary Midrash Methodology. She has lectured internationally and spoken at conferences globally on the methodology that is based on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas. Devorah has also gained international recognition for her clarity and understanding of Levinas’ philosophy. She is also recognized for her approach to Human Rights that goes beyond law to the Humanities. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Rights for Refugees and Other Marginalised Persons

  • Book Subtitle: A Midrash Methodology

  • Authors: Devorah Wainer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3571-7

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3570-0Published: 08 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3573-1Due: 22 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3571-7Published: 07 August 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 247

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Research Methodology, Research Ethics, Social Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Jewish Theology

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