Displaced Home-Objects in Homing Experiences

Mastoureh Fathi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47178-1_42

Displaced Home-Objects in Homing Experiences

Mastoureh Fathi

School of Society, Politics and Ethics

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Abstract

This chapter discusses how acquisition, transportation, and usage of objects are important in the construction of the sense of home in migration. Objects contribute to the sense of continuity as well as creating ruptures in experiences of displacement. The existing literature into home-objects in migrants’ lives, although scattered and under-developed, offers valuable insights into the relationship between objects and wider concepts such as diasporic groups, host countries’ populations and ŉations’. This chapter argues how home-objects help migrants to distinguish emotionally between homely and unhomely spaces. The analysis offered here helps engaging further with debates around materialities in migration studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Displacement
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	613-628
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030471781
ISBN (Print)	9783030471774
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47178-1_42
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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