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dc.contributor.advisorTatek Abebe
dc.contributor.authorMahsa Rashidnejad
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-28T17:40:18Z
dc.date.available2021-09-28T17:40:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierno.ntnu:inspera:67831166:34563033
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2784728
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dc.description.abstractMigration is not a new phenomenon in Iran. However, during recent years and due to several reasons including financial hardships and social suppression, the number of Iranian families who migrate to other countries has been increasing steadily. Norway is one of the popular destinations among Iranians. No matter the reason or procedure of migration, immigrants face multiple difficult circumstances such as economic or social challenges. The purpose of this study is to investigate the lived experiences of Iranian migrants, both children and their parents. It aims to learn about how they perceive some aspects of social life and integration process. In additions, this study strives to provide an image of how their knowledge of coming from a quite different cultural and value system, is implemented in the context of a new society and shapes their current social experiences of living in Norway. The research was conducted in Trondheim, Norway and the participants were 9 Iranian families who migrated to Norway over the course of the last twenty years. The sample consisted of 27 participants, including 10 children (3 males and 7 females) and 17 parents (8 males and 9 females). Given the fact that this is a qualitative study, participatory methods such as individual interviews, focus group discussions and essay writing were methods of data collection used in order to give participants the opportunity to voice and share their own perspectives about the research questions. The theoretical foundations of the study revolve around social studies of children and childhood, family sociology and generational order, integration theory and the concept of agency. These theories served the research as lenses through which to interpret the fieldwork data. The findings of this research present diverse daily challenges that child and adult participants deal with. The challenges range from language acquisition to hardships of socially mingling with the locals in the host society. The severity and deep effects of challenges on Iranian immigrants on both individual and family levels, are the main findings of the study. Additionally, research findings elaborate on the strategies used by participants to overcome the challenges of migration such as learning social and cultural codes. The study suggests that since social and cultural integration of the immigrants is a two-way street imposing responsibility on both immigrants and the host society, awareness of the advantages of a diverse community should increase by more extensive governmental and media efforts. For this reason, I desire my research to help upgrade the status of social life and integration of immigrant families in Norway, as well as to contribute to the growing body of the social studies of children and childhood.
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dc.publisherNTNU
dc.titleIranian Families' Experiences of Migration and Social Life in Norwegian Context
dc.typeMaster thesis


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