Integration and the struggle to turn space into “our” place: Homemaking as a way beyond the stalemate of assimilationism vs transnationalism

Boccagni, Paolo; Hondagneu‐Sotelo, Pierrette

doi:10.1111/imig.12846

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“…Changing Meanings of 'Home' and Belonging One of the defining features of the classical 'victim' diasporas was said to be their desire to 'return to the homeland' (Cohen 2008). There is a growing acknowledgement, however, that a return to the ancestral homeland is not always possible and therefore diasporans also relocate to other places with a vibrant diaspora culture and they engage in a variety of 'homemaking' practices (Boccagni and Hondagneu-Sotelo 2021;Schrooten and Claeys 2018). The location of 'home' , or even the 'diasporic hearth' , is therefore not necessarily geographically fixed and can also evolve over time and generations (Voigt-Graf 2004;Bhachu 1985).…”

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“…This paper, therefore, takes on a broader understanding of 'returns' that is not restricted to the 'ancestral homeland' or the 'country of origin' , but instead can also encompass aspirations and decisions to return to a 'previous place of residence' . Importantly, there are generational perspectives to be considered when we interrogate the meanings and patterns of return, belonging and 'homemaking' (Boccagni and Hondagneu-Sotelo 2021). For onward migrants and their descendants the ways in which they perceive and articulate their feelings of 'home' and 'belonging' is often closely related to their unfolding migration trajectory and multi-sited transnational practices.…”

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Returning to Where?

Ahrens

2022

Afr. Diaspora

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There is a growing understanding that migration trajectories can be complex – spanning several destination countries and including multi-directional mobilities. This paper contributes to the ongoing theorisation of diasporas through a focus on the ‘return mobilities of onward migrants’ – return moves of individuals who have lived in several destination countries either to Nigeria or a previous country of residence. Given that a longing to return to the ancestral homeland has generally been understood as a defining feature of diasporas, relatively few studies have focused on ‘returns’ to other countries or locales. Based on research with Nigerian migrants in Germany, England and Spain, this paper explores some of the core elements that structure their transnational practices and mediate experiences of return mobility, including family dynamics at different life stages and evolving understandings of ‘belonging’. Thereby, this paper highlights the shifting geographic constellations of transnational families and the variety of ‘return’ mobility patterns.

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Ahrens

2022

Afr. Diaspora

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“…As Boccagni and Hondagneu-Sotelo (2023) have argued, a focus on home and homemaking offers a means to move beyond the kinds of blind spots highlighted above. To support this kind of nuanced analysis, we make use of Brun and Fábos's (2015) "triadic constellation of homes."…”

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Sisters-in-Waiting: A Case Study of Displaced Syrian Women Fostering New Senses and Memories of Home in Lebanon

Ouaali,

Miedema

2023

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Building on variously located Syrian women’s accounts of their day-to-day lives in Lebanon, this article illuminates meaning-making processes in protracted displacement, defined by the UNHCR (2004, p. 1) as a “long-lasting and intractable state of limbo.” We draw on the metaphor of a “constellation of homes” (Brun & Fábos, 2015) to explore various homemaking practices and the interconnected temporal and multi-sensorial dimensions thereof. In so doing, we counter narratives of displaced women as a homogenous collective and problematic assumptions of stasis and passivity associated with protracted displacement. Particular attention is paid to women’s narratives regarding “purposeful work” and, crucially, female friendship, which we argue can be understood as additional nodes in the constellation of homes. We argue that further and different forms of research are required to do justice to the multi-sensorial dimensions of homemaking and the novel concept of “sisters-in-waiting” in the lives of women in protracted displacement.

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“…Homemaking, aspirations and the ability of migrants to feel at home can be seen as a set of practices and the emotional potential of integrating migrants into the local environment (Boccagni, Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2021). Home is traditionally understood as a private and intrafamilial phenomenon that supports home attitudes, repetitive actions and practices (Boccagni, Duyvendak, 2021).…”

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Psychology of home and Ukrainian migrants’ socio-psychological adaptation abroad

Korobanova¹,

Schulzhenko²

2022

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Study goal and methods. Study of the course of socio-psychological adaptation of Ukrainian refugees abroad, their perceptions of home and host country, as well as intergroup interaction between Ukrainian refugees and the autochthonous population. The research was conducted within the framework of the scientific approach to intergroup interaction as the dynamics of conscious and unconscious. Case study of narratives of Ukrainian migrants as a form of representation of individual meanings and thematic construction of experience was conducted. Conclusions. A structured life world that integrates the experience associated with the evacuation of refugees from Ukraine and the new stage of life abroad, based on the construction of personal experience into meaningful event blocks, is a prerequisite for successful socio-psychological adaptation and acculturation in the host country. During integration into the host society migrants learn new relevant communicative and social roles. Group support provided to refugees by other Ukrainians in a similar situation as well as by representatives of the host country and volunteers is of great importance. The limitations of the study are related to the situational nature of narrative interviews, the variability of events and meanings that are significant for the individual at the moment. Prospects for further research include the study of age-specific features of socio-psychological adaptation abroad and the temporal dynamics of this process. Practical Importance. Data from the original descriptive study of the socio-psychological processes of acculturation indicate the importance of group support and experience construction in overcoming stress and can be used in the provision of psychosocial support to Ukrainian military migrants.

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Integration and the struggle to turn space into “our” place: Homemaking as a way beyond the stalemate of assimilationism vs transnationalism

Cited by 24 publications

References 102 publications

Returning to Where?

Returning to Where?

Sisters-in-Waiting: A Case Study of Displaced Syrian Women Fostering New Senses and Memories of Home in Lebanon

Psychology of home and Ukrainian migrants’ socio-psychological adaptation abroad

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