Louise Perrodin - The Resources of Ordinary Cosmopolitanism for Undocumented Exiles: a Study of Rohingyas’ Anchorage in Malaysia

societes-plurielles:6230 - Sociétés plurielles, April 1, 2020, 3-4 | 2019-2020 - Varia - https://doi.org/10.46298/societes-plurielles.2020.6230
The Resources of Ordinary Cosmopolitanism for Undocumented Exiles: a Study of Rohingyas’ Anchorage in MalaysiaArticle

Authors: Louise Perrodin ORCID1

  • 1 Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d'Etude du Politique Hannah Arendt Paris-Est

Since the 1990s, Rohingya have been seeking refuge in Malaysia. Once there, they do not hold any formal status as Malaysia does not recognize the status of refugees. Despite this non‑recognition, the imported category is omnipresent in the discourse of Rohingyas. This article shall analyze Rohingyas’ approach of this international status. It argues that cosmopolitanism, interiorized and routinized into an ordinary cosmopolitanism, constitutes a resource for the anchorage of undocumented exiles.


Volume: 3-4 | 2019-2020 - Varia
Section: Articles
Published on: April 1, 2020
Imported on: March 27, 2020
Keywords: Politikwissenschaft,Kosmopolitismus,Imaginäre,Alltägliche,Translokal,Flüchtlinge,Rohingya,Malaysia,political science,cosmopolitanism,imaginaries,ordinary,translocal,refugees,Rohingya,Malaysia,science politique,cosmopolitisme,imaginaires,ordinaire,translocal,réfugiés,Rohingya,Malaisie,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences

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