An environment without foreignness
We know better than to leave the water running as we brush our teeth. We understand the importance of switching off the light before we …
foreignness
Much of what is published on this site relates directly to the question of foreigness: or thinking of people as being “foreigners”. Because of its pervasiveness it is important to challenge the assumption that it is OK to treat non-citizens differently – that they are somehow less entitled to human rights. Many articles explore how we unconsciously think in this way.
Lush – cosmetic or real
By Rahila Gupta. The EU is on the point of turning its back on the Schengen agreement. Welcome to the World Passport: ‘this document confirms …
Imagined foreignness
In our modern world, it is often the nation-state that acts as the locus from which conceptions of foreignness arise. It is to one (or …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Australia
As, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, today acknowledged there are a lot of human rights positives for Australia, but there were two issues …
Foreignness: a primary problem
Image from freefoto.com One of the obstacles we face as a global society working to abolish foreignness is the perception of foreignness as only …
Why Global Citizenship?
1. Introduction Plutarch said: … nature has given us no country as it has given us no house or field. … Socrates expressed it … …
Can we be foreign to our own selves?
It is a question with which we are forced to grapple these days. As shocking natural disasters rock the world, we look to each other, …
Tragedy knows no foreignness
Sometimes it is tragedy that reminds us of the most fundamental human truths. Last week, the world community witnessed the devastation that came upon Christchurch. …
At home with foreignness
We all come from somewhere. It’s an unavoidable fact of life. It’s similarly unavoidable that we have some sort of emotional connection to that part …