A Bridge back from the Lonely Island of Exclusion? Official Apologies as a Means of Re-inclusion

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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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelIslands of Extreme Exclusion : Studies on Global Practices of Isolation, Punishment, and Education of the Unwanted
RedaktørerBjørn Hamre, Lisa Villadsen
Antal sider21
ForlagBrill
Publikationsdato2023
Sider223-243
Kapitel11
ISBN (Trykt)9789004688513, 9789004688506
ISBN (Elektronisk)9789004688520
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023
NavnStudies in Inclusive Education
Vol/bind52

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