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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In their contribution to the Essential Knowledge Series, @pattitlenard.bsky.social & Peter Balint offer a clear, straightforward account of what cultural appropriation is and when it merits criticism. Out March 31st: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205158...

Promotional image of "Cultural Appropriation" by Patti Tamara Lenard and Peter Balint. The cover includes illustrations of a football helmet, a foldable Chinese takeout box, a sombrero, and a Japanese symbol.

Text below the cover: What cultural appropriation is, how it is deployed in public discourse, and if and when it is harmful.

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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

❗New Entry❗ Reparative citizenship may aim to right past wrongs, but @peterspiro.bsky.social argues it actually weakens the foundational concept of citizenship itself 🛂⚖️ It is unsentimental, instrumental, detached from the community and erodes civic ties 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🚫 Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/dh6pkpyt

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Citizenship as Reparations: Should the victims of historical injustice be offered membership? - Page 6 of 6 - Globalcit

Kickoff contribution by David Owen and Rainer Bauböck. Comments by Jocelyn Kane and Patti Tamara Lenard, Ashley Mantha-Hollands , Timothy Jacob-Owens , Lior Erezand Peter Spiro Read More ...

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I don’t doubt that some of my co-religionists have experienced antisemitism. Sometimes aggressively so. But it’s use as a cudgel to destroy institutions essential to our country has absolutely nothing to do with that.

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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🚨 @pattitlenard.bsky.social & Jocelyn Kane join the Debate⚡ Reparations aren’t just about citizenship, what if refusal is the remedy? Settler states 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺 must recognise Indigenous Peoples' right to reject colonial citizenship while ensuring access to services & recognition 🔗 tinyurl.com/5afjvw8j

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Citizenship as Reparations: Should the victims of historical injustice be offered membership? - Page 2 of 2 - Globalcit

Kickoff contribution by David Owen and Rainer Bauböck. Comments by Jocelyn Kane and Patti Tamara Lenard Read More ...

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I’m what I hope is at least half way through my first Covid infection - and I have to say, everything about this experience makes me confused about why we have decided to let it run rampant when we could … not.

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Lukas Schmid @lukasschmid.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

3) 'Debating restrictions on emigration' with @pattitlenard.bsky.social, Amy Reed-Sandoval, Igor Bosc and Neha Wadhawan, Michael Blake, and Upasana Khadka: cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...

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Debating restrictions on emigration

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

The City of Ottawa has a gorgeous history of welcoming those fleeing oppression - and we can and should draw on that history to continue to do so.

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Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

The first three articles from the special issue of Moral Philosophy & Politics that I am editing on the theme "Relational Equality and Migration" are now out online first. #migcitsky🧵

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

My blog post on what immigration justice might look like is shortlisted for "best CIPS blog post" this year. Voting is open to the public. If I win, I'll direct the prize money to a refugee-serving organization! Read all the posts and cast your vote here: www.cips-cepi.ca/2024/10/01/c...

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CIPS Best Blog Award 2024: Public Voting Now Open – Centre for International Policy Studies

Canada's leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs.

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Thank you to the *16* people who responded so thoughtfully to my defence of mandatory citizenship oaths. Below is my attempt at a response! Short version: citizenship oaths build trust and formalize new political affiliations in ways that newcomers find meaningful.

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Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Page 18 of 18 - Globalcit

Kickoff contribution by Patti Tamara Lenard. Comments by Lior Erez, Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Daniel Sharp, Christine Hobden, David Owen, Helen Irving, Zara Goldstone and Avia Pasternak, Rainer Bauböck, ...

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Advice seeking, @dfisman.bsky.social: my partner has been testing positive for 17 days, and isolating the whole time. Only remaining symptom is a lingering cough. Is the right thing to do to continue isolating? (Me and one kid still covid virgins.)

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Christine Hobden argues persuasively that mandatory oaths are especially problematic in states filled with xenophobia directed against migrants in particular - South Africa is her test case: globalcit.eu/swearing-loy... @christinehobden.bsky.social

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

No one thinks mandatory citizenship oaths are a good idea? No one at all? Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory: globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social offers a decisive, and possibly determinative "no" to the question, "should new citizens have to pledge allegiance to their new state in order to become citizens?" globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Should new citizens swear have to pledge allegiance to their new state, in order to become citizens? EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward: globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

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Swearing loyalty: Should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath? - Globalcit

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Patti T Lenard @pattitlenard.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

I'll be participating in the connected webinar on October 10 at 12:30 EST. My take: laws around what should and shouldn't be protected/prohibited speech are a matter of domestic, multicultural, concern - they shouldn't be governed by what foreign governments will say. shuddhashar.com/a-quran-burn...

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