Displacement and solidarity: An ethic of place-making

Area of Science:

• Bioethics
• Social Sciences
• Environmental Studies

Background:

• Humans are 'ecological subjects' embedded in social, spatial, and material contexts.
• Solidarity involves moral imagination and action across distances to aid the vulnerable and promote justice.
• Place-making is crucial for establishing, demonstrating, and building future solidarity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To emphasize the significance of place and place-making in fostering solidarity and justice.
• To explore the role of place-based interventions in supporting vulnerable populations.
• To highlight the potential of place-making within bioethics for nurturing solidarity.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual analysis drawing on the idea of 'ecological subjects'.
• Definition and exploration of solidarity as involving moral imagination and responsive action.
• Examination of place-making as a response to displacement and inequity.

Main Results:

• Place-making is essential for recognizing and responding to the needs of vulnerable individuals.
• Place-based interventions are prioritized for demonstrating solidarity and advancing justice.
• Place-making can initiate and sustain solidaristic relations, promoting justice over time.

Conclusions:

• An ethic of place and place-making is crucial in bioethics, particularly for displaced groups like patients and asylum-seekers.
• Place-making offers significant potential for nurturing solidarity and addressing health inequities.
• Prioritizing place-based approaches is key to building a more just and solidaristic society.