Being-Here : : Placemaking in a World of Movement / / Annika Lems.

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-H...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:EASA Series ; 35
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Greeting Xamar
  • Part I. Thinking What We Are Doing
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Walkers of the Everyday
  • Part II. Emplacement
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Placing Somalia
  • Chapter 3. Living One-Eyed
  • Chapter 4. An Accidental Move
  • Chapter 5. Home-Building
  • Chapter 6. Homewards
  • Part III. Displacement
  • Introduction
  • 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