Abstract
This paper critically reviews some recent scholarly contributions on the topic of home in migration. The recent scholarship on home in migration regards it as a process rather than a status. This process is being understood as situated and intersectional. The paper theoretically draws on two complexities of home in migration literature: A: the contradictions inherent in the concepts of home and migration (one referring to settlements and the other movements); and B: to the struggles of migrants in relation to belonging and recognition (as part of the process of home-making). Three directions that home in migration literature is taking is identified: spatial home-making, temporal, and embodied practices. It is argued that whilst the first is well argued in the scholarship, the latter two need further research and reflection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 979-993 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Ethnicities |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- embodied
- Home
- migration
- spatial
- temporal