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The Anthropologist as Expert Witness in Refugee Claims

David Murray, Professor, Department of Anthropology, York University My recent research studies how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) asylum seekers are viewed and assessed by actors working within and around the Canadian “refugee apparatus”, a term representing how the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is organized and functions to solidify the liberal nation-state as […]

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