A Bridge back from the Lonely Island of Exclusion? Official Apologies as a Means of Re-inclusion
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A Bridge back from the Lonely Island of Exclusion? Official Apologies as a Means of Re-inclusion. / Villadsen, Lisa S.
Islands of Extreme Exclusion: Studies on Global Practices of Isolation, Punishment, and Education of the Unwanted. red. / Bjørn Hamre; Lisa Villadsen. Brill, 2023. s. 223-243 (Studies in Inclusive Education , Bind 52).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - A Bridge back from the Lonely Island of Exclusion?
T2 - Official Apologies as a Means of Re-inclusion
AU - Villadsen, Lisa S.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This chapter discusses official apologies to care leavers as gestures of inclusion and attempts to prepare the way for victims’ reintegration into society as moral and social equals. For official apologies to play a role in building a ‘bridge’ between victims and the rest of society this must entail acknowledging care leavers’ former state of being isolated from their family, culture, and society to enable them to ‘leave’ that state of imposed exclusion behind, while also preparing the surrounding society for their reintegration in the community. The chapter expands theoretical claims about the potential meaningfulness of official apologies to also account for the significance for the surrounding community and illustrates these claims through two examples, Kevin Rudd’s 2008 apology to the Stolen Generations and Mette Frederiksen’s 2022 apology to Greenlandic children.
AB - This chapter discusses official apologies to care leavers as gestures of inclusion and attempts to prepare the way for victims’ reintegration into society as moral and social equals. For official apologies to play a role in building a ‘bridge’ between victims and the rest of society this must entail acknowledging care leavers’ former state of being isolated from their family, culture, and society to enable them to ‘leave’ that state of imposed exclusion behind, while also preparing the surrounding society for their reintegration in the community. The chapter expands theoretical claims about the potential meaningfulness of official apologies to also account for the significance for the surrounding community and illustrates these claims through two examples, Kevin Rudd’s 2008 apology to the Stolen Generations and Mette Frederiksen’s 2022 apology to Greenlandic children.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004688520_012
DO - 10.1163/9789004688520_012
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9789004688513
SN - 9789004688506
T3 - Studies in Inclusive Education
SP - 223
EP - 243
BT - Islands of Extreme Exclusion
A2 - Hamre, Bjørn
A2 - Villadsen, Lisa
PB - Brill
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