Author: Rytter, Mikkel

Source: Social Analysis, Volume 54, Number 3, Winter 2010 , pp. 90-106(17)

Publisher: Berghahn Journals

Abstract:

Analyzing the period of 'intensive transnationalism' among Pakistani migrants in Denmark precipitated by the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, this article explores the relationship between events and effects on a global scale. One significant initiative after the disaster was the founding of an ad hoc association, Medical Doctors in Assistance to the Earthquake Victims in Pakistan, which consisted mainly of medical workers with a Pakistani background. The article discusses the wax and wane of this association and its impact in three interconnected contexts: family objectives, community dynamics, and national identity politics in Denmark. Despite the medical doctors' efforts and intentions, the outcome was framed by 9/11, which has become the major critical event of the decade—one that has supported a developing cleavage between the Danish majority and Denmark's Muslim immigrant minority.

Keywords: CRITICAL EVENT; DENMARK; EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS; IDENTITY POLITICS; KASHMIR; MEDICAL DOCTORS; PAKISTANI COMMUNITY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/sa.2010.540306

Publication date: 2010-12-01

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