- Public event
Asylum: Uncertainty despite protection? Discussing the everyday experiences of refugees in Switzerland and beyond
This event explores the everyday lives of refugees. It analyses connections between asylum, protection, uncertainty and violence.
30.10.2024, 6pm–8pm – Berner Generationenhaus, Spittelsaal, Bahnhofplatz 2, 3011 Bern
How does life unfold for people who have gone through the asylum procedure in Switzerland and have been granted protection status? Asylum implies the experience of violence in the past. To a certain extent, violence is the basis or prerequisite for a person being granted asylum. But does asylum promote a state of non-violence or the possibility of recovery from experienced violence? How are experienced safety and solidarity related? And how is safety spatially and socially located?
This event provides insight into the findings of the SNSF project "Violent Safe Havens? Articulations and Repercussions of Violence in Refugee Arrival and Settlement. The project managers will highlight the complex everyday experiences of refugees in Norway and Switzerland and situate the interplay between protection and violence in a broader context.
In a subsequent panel discussion, experts from science, politics and practice, will further elaborate on the relationship between protection and violence, discuss its implications and identify needs and avenues for action. In exchange with the audience, the aim is to show to what extent and by what means each of us can contribute to improving protection and recognition in the everyday lives of refugees and beyond.
Factsheet
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Start date
30.10.2024, 6pm–8pm
Add to calendar - Place Berner Generationenhaus, Spittelsaal, Bahnhofplatz 2, 3011 Bern
- Application deadline prolongued due to 29th October 2024
- Costs The event is free of charge.
Programme
Introductory presentation:
- Violence in the safe harbour? Everyday experiences of refugees in Switzerland and Norway
by Dr Carolin Fischer, project manager of the SNSF project "The interplay of protection and violence in the context of flight and asylum", and Manuel Insberg, project team member, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH
Discussion round with:
- Valentina Achermann, President of the Parliament of the City of Bern (SP), psychologist for children and young people at the Outpatient Centre for Victims of Torture and War
- Dr Clara Bombach, Lecturer, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH
- Munia Hassoun
- Prof. Dr. Sabine Strasser, Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bern
Moderation:
- Dr. Eveline Ammann Dula, Head of the Institute for Social and Cultural Diversity, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH
A small refreshment will be served after the programme.
Objective
The event aims to convey what asylum means as a living condition and how we can all support a safe arrival and life in Bern and other places in Switzerland.
Target audience
The event is aimed at anyone who can and wants to contribute to making Switzerland a safe haven for refugees.
Presenters
Presentations:
- Dr Carolin Fischer, responsible for the SNSF project "The interplay of protection and violence in the context of flight and asylum", Bern University of Applied Sciences, BFH
- Manuel Insberg, member of the SNSF project "The interplay between protection and violence in the context of flight and asylum", Bern University of Applied Sciences, BFH
Participating panellists:
- Valentina Achermann, President of the Parliament of the City of Bern (SP), psychologist for children and young people at the Outpatient Centre for Victims of Torture and War
- Dr Clara Bombach, Lecturer, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH
- Munia Hassoun
- Prof. Dr Sabine Strasser, Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bern
Moderation:
- Dr Eveline Ammann Dula, Head of the Institute for Social and Cultural Diversity, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH
Partner
- University of Bern
- Swiss Red Cross