Salt, sand and water: movement and citizenship in the narratives of displaced women

Sumathy, Sivamohan; Nazeera,; Subaida,; Latha,; Kaushi,; Nasrina,; Felicia,; Sharmila, .; Shiyana,; Umma, M. A. G. Sareena; Saseetha,; Thahiya,; Vasuki,; Juweriya,

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“…Thus, their idea of home is centered around Jaffna which has been viewed "as an ideal home" while simultaneously "a place of violence and pain" (Boer, 2015: p. 494). Respondents, similar to the view of Sumathy et al (2009), described their past as one characterised by peacefulness, stability, a place where their family fitted in perfectly and did not face any obstacles regarding their culture and identity. After their return in 2010, many of them started rebuilding their homes, trying to retain the original structure of the old homes, highlighting the significance of the structure of the old house which seems to be of utmost importance and emphasising the desire to reconstruct what has been lost.…”

Section: Muslim Returnees In Jaffnamentioning

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Strangers at home: narratives of northern Muslim returnees in post-war Sri Lanka

Chattoraj

Gerharz

2019

Sri Lanka J. Soc. Sci.

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This article focuses on the experiences, aspirations and challenges of Sri Lankan Muslim returnees to northern part of Sri Lanka in Jaffna and analyses their strategies to cope with the ambivalent situation thereafter. The empirical point of departure is drawn from the stories of three Muslim returnees in Jaffna who returned from different parts of Sri Lanka. The article finds that the Muslim returnees conceptualise home as a place where they can have a "better future" than the displaced location where they stayed for so long. The authors argue that this unveils the different kinds of attachment they have to their homes through memories, emotions and material and immaterial properties. There exists feelings of alienation and detachment from their homes among some. Furthermore, their aspirations of a good life seem to be decaying in their homes after their return.

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Section: Muslim Returnees In Jaffnamentioning

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Strangers at home: narratives of northern Muslim returnees in post-war Sri Lanka

Chattoraj

Gerharz

2019

Sri Lanka J. Soc. Sci.

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“…Integration of survey data with interviews and other sources of qualitative data on migrants and refugees is an effective strategy for generating meaningful understandings of migration processes that aid in the interpretation of results beyond specified models (see, for example, Carling 2014). Feminist theory and intersectional perspectives direct us to consider those dimensions of difference that theory, research, policy, and programs have yet to fully embrace (see Enarson & Morrow 1998, Giles & Hyndman 2004, Sumathy 2009. Black et al (2013) caution against research focusing on migrants and displaced persons only, likening it to sampling on the dependent variable (see Martin & Bergmann 2021).…”

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Social Consequences of Forced and Refugee Migration

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This review considers sociological perspectives and research on the outcomes and implications of forced and refugee migration for migrants and communities of settlement. Analytic constraints and opportunities posed by concepts of forced and refugee migration and migrants for empirical research are underscored. The tendencies for research on forced and refugee migration to serve policy and programs are addressed in relationship to the conceptualization of processes of displacement as well as research design. A social demographic lens is used to illustrate a record of research on the consequences of forced and refugee migration and settlement. Accordingly, we review empirical literature on patterns of spatial mobility, health and well-being, social and economic integration, and family and community dynamics at different scales. Implications of global issues such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are considered. Analytic issues emerge from the intersections, and lack thereof, between forced migration, refugee studies, and migration policy analysis and provide critical opportunities for contributions by sociologists and social scientists more generally. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 49 is July 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Salt, sand and water: movement and citizenship in the narratives of displaced women

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Strangers at home: narratives of northern Muslim returnees in post-war Sri Lanka

Strangers at home: narratives of northern Muslim returnees in post-war Sri Lanka

Social Consequences of Forced and Refugee Migration

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