Thinking Home on the Move

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Thinking Home on the Move

A conversation across disciplines

Society and Social Sciences

Authors: Paolo Boccagni, Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia, Milena Belloni

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Language: English

Published by: Emerald Publishing Limited

Published on: 10th August 2020

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 458 Kb

ISBN: 9781839097249


Home as a Concept

Home has been used in social sciences as a description, a metaphor and, more recently, as an emergent concept. The goal of this book is to illustrate its analytical power as a lens on the ways in which migrant and displaced people see their life circumstances and attempt to attach a sense of security, familiarity and control over them. Whether as a place or an aspiration towards it, home is a critical entry point into their life histories, experiences and prospects.

Migrants’ Rights and Perspectives

Migrants’ rights and opportunities to make themselves at home are not just a private concern – rather, they are a major social and political question. This book addresses it through an original theoretical approach and an edited set of interviews with scholars from different national and disciplinary backgrounds. This reflexive conversation unveils the conceptual, methodological and empirical dimensions of researching home on the move and from the margins.

Overall Reflection

Overall, Thinking Home on the Move is a powerful and in-depth look into what we as humans perceive as ‘home’ and what this truly means.

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