Table of Contents
Introduction: Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Elisa Pascucci
Part 1: Resisting or Becoming "The System"? Humanitarianism Between Citizenship and the Ngo World
1. Filling the Gaps: Citizen Humanitarianism in the Context of Crisis, Abandonment and Criminalisation
Heidi Mogstad
2. A Community Center in a Humanitarian Context: The Professionalization of a Grassroots Initiative in Istanbul, Turkey
Tsjalline Boorsma
3. Citizen Humanitarianism and Local Responses to the Migration Crisis in Serbia
Svetlana Stanarević And Vanja Rokvić
4. "They Just Come and Try to Help": Exploring the Prioritisation of Downstream Accountability in Calais’ Citizen-Led Humanitarianism
Leila Denniston
Part 2: Criminalization and Violence Against Citizen Humanitarianism
5. Melilla: Fight and Survival of Activist Humanitarianism
Clara Miralles Vila
6. A More Subversive Humanitarianism? The Political Strategies of Grassroots Initiatives Supporting Illegalized Migrants
Robin Vandevoordt
7. Beyond Borders: The Transnational Turn of Russian Refugee Aid
Johanne Kalsaas
Part 3: The Multifaceted Politics of Citizenship Humanitarianism
8. Contesting Humanitarianism Through Solidarity and Hospitality in the French-Italian Borderscape
Janina Louise Pescinski
9. Proximity and Protest: Citizen Demonstrations Against Anti-Immigrant Policies in Eastern Sicily
Vera Haller
10. Memorial Tourism and Citizen Humanitarianism: Volunteers’ Civil Pilgrimage to the "Life Jackets Graveyard" Of Lesvos, Greece
Giovanna Di Matteo
11. Approaching Biographical Life: Grassroots Humanitarianism in Europe
Luděk Stavinoha And Kavita Ramakrishnan
Conclusion: Citizen Humanitarianism Beyond the "Crisis"
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert And Elisa Pascucci