dc.contributor.author | Grønseth, Anne Sigfrid Farstad | |
dc.contributor.author | Thorshaug, Ragne Øwre | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-17T10:25:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-17T10:25:41Z | |
dc.date.created | 2022-05-03T13:56:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 2022, 2022 (92), 15-30. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0920-1297 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3043944 | |
dc.description.abstract | Th is article focuses on how asylum seekers in Norway struggle to create a sense of home within a physical and political environment that puts signifi cant challenges to their eff orts to do so. Based on a national survey and fi eldwork, we demonstrate that poor housing and the political derived marginality challenge ex-istential and material home-making processes, thus making it an ambiguous and strenuous experience. Th is view is rooted in a critical phenomenological under-standing in which home is built through inter-relational and intersubjective rela-tions that constitute self and senses of belonging and/or estrangement, as well as well-being and mental health. Th e agentive struggle for home is a crucial aspect of asylum seekers’ experiences of belonging, well-being and mental health, thus being at the heart of questions of social justice. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This article focuses on how asylum seekers in Norway struggle to create a sense of home within a physical and political environment that puts signifi cant challenges to their efforts to do so. Based on a national survey and fieldwork, we demonstrate that poor housing and the political derived marginality challenge existential and material home-making processes, thus making it an ambiguous and strenuous experience. This view is rooted in a critical phenomenological understanding in which home is built through inter-relational and intersubjective relations that constitute self and senses of belonging and/or estrangement, as well as well-being and mental health. The agentive struggle for home is a crucial aspect of asylum seekers’ experiences of belonging, well-being and mental health, thus being at the heart of questions of social justice. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Berghahn Journals | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Struggling for home where home is not meant to be A study of asylum seekers in reception centers in Norway | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Struggling for home where home is not meant to be A study of asylum seekers in reception centers in Norway | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 15-30 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 2022 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 92 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3167/fcl.2022.920102 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2021022 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |