Contrapuntal histories of war resistance: Mapping US war resister migrations, questioning Canada as safe haven. (30th June 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Contrapuntal histories of war resistance: Mapping US war resister migrations, questioning Canada as safe haven. (30th June 2022)
- Main Title:
- Contrapuntal histories of war resistance: Mapping US war resister migrations, questioning Canada as safe haven
- Authors:
- Mountz, Alison
Micieli‐Voutsinas, Jacque
Mohan, Shiva S. - Abstract:
- Abstract : This paper frames two generations of war resister migration from the United States to Canada and the social movements that supported them as contrapuntal histories, disparate yet woven together, and entangled across space and time. We argue that Canada has functioned at key historical moments as safe haven for war resisters from and others fleeing conflict led by the United States, but that this role was always provisional, historically contingent, and never guaranteed. It is therefore crucial to understand the social movements that arose to support the search for safe haven at different points in geopolitical relations and histories. We develop this argument with empirical research about people who migrated to Canada during wars led by the United States in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In documenting both generations of resister migration, we move across scales to understand the highly embodied geopolitics of these journeys, which run parallel and diverge in key ways. Our analysis thus maps the shifting history of Canada as a safe haven for those seeking refuge from the violence of war and militarism in the United States . Key messages: Two generations of US war resister migrants faced disparate outcomes in their search for protection in Canada. We offer a contrapuntal history of their migrations to Canada, the enforced patriotism, masculinity, and militarism that fueled their flight, and the social movements that supported them. While Canada has functioned asAbstract : This paper frames two generations of war resister migration from the United States to Canada and the social movements that supported them as contrapuntal histories, disparate yet woven together, and entangled across space and time. We argue that Canada has functioned at key historical moments as safe haven for war resisters from and others fleeing conflict led by the United States, but that this role was always provisional, historically contingent, and never guaranteed. It is therefore crucial to understand the social movements that arose to support the search for safe haven at different points in geopolitical relations and histories. We develop this argument with empirical research about people who migrated to Canada during wars led by the United States in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In documenting both generations of resister migration, we move across scales to understand the highly embodied geopolitics of these journeys, which run parallel and diverge in key ways. Our analysis thus maps the shifting history of Canada as a safe haven for those seeking refuge from the violence of war and militarism in the United States . Key messages: Two generations of US war resister migrants faced disparate outcomes in their search for protection in Canada. We offer a contrapuntal history of their migrations to Canada, the enforced patriotism, masculinity, and militarism that fueled their flight, and the social movements that supported them. While Canada has functioned as a safe haven historically, this role is always in flux and influenced by shifts in geopolitical relations. Key messages: Two generations of US war resister migrants faced disparate outcomes in their search for protection in Canada. We offer a contrapuntal history of their migrations to Canada, the enforced patriotism, masculinity, and militarism that fueled their flight, and the social movements that supported them. While Canada has functioned as a safe haven historically, this role is always in flux and influenced by shifts in geopolitical relations. Récits en contrepoint de résistance à la guerre: cartographier les migrations des résistants américains à la guerre et questionner le Canada comme espace refuge: Ce texte tisse la trame de deux générations de migrations de résistants à la guerre des États‐Unis et du Canada et les mouvements sociaux qui les ont appuyées comme récits en contrepoint, disparates, mais étroitement reliés et enchevêtrés dans le temps et l'espace. Nous faisons valoir que le Canada a fonctionné à des moments clés de l'histoire comme espace refuge pour les résistants à la guerre et d'autres fuyant des conflits menés par les États‐Unis, mais que ce rôle a toujours été provisoire, conditionnel et aucunement garanti. Il est donc essentiel de comprendre les mouvements sociaux qui sont apparus pour permettre la mise en place d'un espace refuge à différents moments de l'histoire et des relations géopolitiques. Nous développons notre thèse au moyen d'une recherche empirique sur les personnes qui ont migré au Canada durant les guerres menées par les États‐Unis au Vietnam, en Iraq et en Afghanistan. En documentant les deux générations de migrations de résistants, nous nous déployions à différentes échelles afin de saisir les géopolitiques fortement incorporées de ces périples qui sont parallèles et qui divergent de façons importantes. Notre analyse cartographie donc l'histoire changeante du Canada comme espace refuge pour ceux qui cherchent à se mettre à l'abri de la violence de la guerre et du militarisme aux États‐Unis . … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Canadian geographer. Volume 66:Number 4(2022)
- Journal:
- Canadian geographer
- Issue:
- Volume 66:Number 4(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 66, Issue 4 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 66
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0066-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 741
- Page End:
- 755
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-30
- Subjects:
- Canada‐US border -- migration -- war resisters
frontière Canada‐États‐Unis -- migration -- résistants à la guerre
Geography -- Periodicals
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- DOI:
- 10.1111/cag.12784 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0008-3658
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