"It's a power, not a disease": Syrian Youth Respond to Human Devastation Syndrome
While it is well acknowledged that the effects of war and exile are devastating for Syrian youth, there has been less focus on how they interpret their experience of war and displacement. Integrating anthropological and global health perspectives, we invite two Syrian youth, Karim and Khadijah, to s...
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-д хэвлэсэн: | Middle East - Topics & Arguments |
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Үндсэн зохиолчид: | , |
Формат: | Artikel (Zeitschrift) |
Хэл сонгох: | англи |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2018
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Онлайн хандалт: | Онлайн хандалт |
Шошгууд: |
Шошго нэмэх
Шошго байхгүй, Энэхүү баримтыг шошголох эхний хүн болох!
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Тойм: | While it is well acknowledged that the effects of war and exile are devastating for Syrian youth, there has been less focus on how they interpret their experience of war and displacement. Integrating anthropological and global health perspectives, we invite two Syrian youth, Karim and Khadijah, to speak to larger theoretical questions about humanitarianism. We describe the creation of a new diagnostic term, “Human Devastation Syndrome” (HDS) by the Syrian American Medical Society. Used describe the effects of war and displacement on Syrian youth, HDS provides a lens through which Karim and Khadija introduce their own theories of devastation. |
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DOI: | 10.17192/meta.2018.11.7803 |