Being-here : placemaking in a world of movement

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    • Lems, Annika

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Being-here : placemaking in a world of movement

Annika Lems

(The EASA series, v. 35)

Berghahn, 2018

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index

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Description

Exploring the lifeworlds of Halima, Omar and Mohamed, three middle-aged Somalis living in Melbourne, Australia, the author discusses the interrelated meanings of emplacement and displacement as experienced in people's everyday lives. Through their experiences of displacement and placemaking, Being-Here examines the figure of the refugee as a metaphor for societal alienation and estrangement, and moves anthropological theory towards a new understanding of the crucial existential links between Sein (Being) and Da (Here).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Greeting Xamar PART I: THINKING WHAT WE ARE DOING Chapter 1. Walkers of the Everyday PART II: EMPLACEMENT Chapter 2. Placing Somalia Chapter 3. Living One-Eyed Chapter 4. An Accidental Move Chapter 5. Home-Building Chapter 6. Homewards PART III: DISPLACEMENT Chapter 7. At Home in the Universe Chapter 8. Gendered Dis/Emplacements Chapter 9. Displaced Stories Chapter 10. Placeless Dreams Final Juncture: Concluding Words Bibliography Index

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