‘An ordinary family… extraordinary human beings’ by Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia I still remember the first time I mentioned to the research participants I have been working with in Manchester, London, and Madrid my plans to visit their families and friends in their places of origin. Some of them could not believe my plans and … Leggi tutto Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia: “An ordinary family… extraordinary human beings”
HOMInG Seminar 32_2019, on April 12 at 11am (Dpt. of Sociology), will be with cultural sociologist Alejandro Miranda Nieto. Alejandro will revisit his fieldwork as "hominger", between 2017 and 2019, by connecting the study of home and migration with research on material infrastructures and affordances. See the abstract below. All welcome! Home as infrastructure, … Leggi tutto NEW SEMINAR – ALEJANDRO MIRANDA: HOME AS INFRASTRUCTURE, PROCESS AND PRACTICE
HOMInG Seminar 31_2019, on April 11 at 4pm, will be with sociologist Peggy Levitt (Wellesley College and Harvard University). Prof. Levitt is a leading scholar on migrant transnationalism, transnational social protection and cultural circulation, among other topics. We look forward to hosting her at the Dpt. of Sociology, University of Trento. See the title and abstract of her … Leggi tutto NEW SEMINAR – PEGGY LEVITT: Creating Home – National Literature as a Window on Belonging
https://youtu.be/G0qmOBmPibw HOMInG seminar 29_19 was with prof. Ann Varley, a human geographer at UCL. Her presentation provides an insightful and critical overview of theories of identity, home and mobility, building on her past fieldwork on informal settlements in urban Mexico. The widespread intellectual "fascination with the mobile subject", Ann says, "tends to neglect all situations … Leggi tutto Ann Varley: “From nomadic subjects to noble savages? Inverting binaries of mobility and dwelling” (VIDEO)
The first HOMInG seminar of 2019 will take place next January 18 at 11am, Dpt. of Sociology. Ann Varley, a Professor of Human Geography at UCL, will give a presentation on From nomadic subjects to noble savages? Inverting binaries of mobility and dwelling. See the abstract below. All welcome! From nomadic subjects to noble savages? Inverting binaries of mobility and … Leggi tutto New seminar: Ann Varley, “From nomadic subjects to noble savages? Inverting binaries of mobility and dwelling”
HOMInG interview with Robin Cohen Conducted by Ilka Vari-Lavoisier in Oxford, December 2018. "Without theorizing home and understanding its full complexity, diaspora is largely a vacuous concept. I find myself questioning two positions, both of which I think are simplifications. 1. Home is (only) one particular nation-state from which a diaspora was scattered and to which … Leggi tutto HOMInG INTERVIEW #22: ROBIN COHEN
HOMInG away in Frankfurt: new views on home and migration from Germany By Sara Bonfanti On 13th-14th Dec. 2018, two Homingers had the pleasure to participate as invited speakers in a thematic workshop organized at der Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (DE). Arranged within the “Mobile Worlds” Project http://www.mobile-welten.org, a venture that combined artistic … Leggi tutto HOMInG away in Frankfurt: new views on home and migration from Germany
HOMING INTERVIEW #21: IRIS LEVIN Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University, Melbourne. Conducted by Paolo Boccagni in Frankfurt, 15 December 2018. "The basic thing is that we all want to belong and feel at home. There is a similarity in the ways people construct home, even from different cultures, countries and cities, … Leggi tutto HOMING INTERVIEW #21: IRIS LEVIN
HOMING INTERVIEW #20: DEIRDRE MCKAY Reader in SocialGeography and Environmental Politics at Keele University. Conducted by PaoloBoccagni in Trento, 21 June 2018 "For lower skilled and undocumented migrants it is very difficult to make anything that would resemble a home. My Filipino respondents would never describe the places they lived as home. There was not enough … Leggi tutto HOMING INTERVIEW #20: DEIRDRE MCKAY
The EMES-COST research seminar Tackling the migrant and refugee challenge will take place at the Dpt. of Sociology, Trento, next November 22-23. HOMInG's Paolo Boccagni will convene a session on housing arrangements and pathways for asylum seekers and refugees. On November 24, moreover, the EURICSE national seminar (in Italian) Territori accoglienti will take place in Trento: http://www.ideeinrete.coop/articoli-home-page/32-migranti/640-worshop-territori-accoglienti
HOMInG, as an ERC grant, is two years old by now. Not enough to be mature, yet. Well enough, though, for some preliminary findings to be shared, out of the ongoing (or recently ended) fieldwork of the first generation of homingers. Most of these points are only a part of broader conversations and arguments, to … Leggi tutto HOMInG on the way: 2 years, 4×3 findings
The next HOMInG seminar will be with Dr. Helen Taylor, the author of a very inspiring book on Refugees and the meaning of home The seminar will take place next November 15 at 4pm, Dpt. of Sociology. See the abstract below. All welcome! The concept of home is central to the study of forced migration: a refugee is, … Leggi tutto New seminar with Helen Taylor: Home on the Move – The negotiated meaning of home for refugees in London
HOMING INTERVIEW #19 with Maja Korac-Sanderson Reader in Refugee and Migration Studies, Department of Social Sciences, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London. Conducted by Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia in London in July 2018 "While I was still living in Belgrade, and at the height of nationalistic frensy in the country, I felt … Leggi tutto HOMING INTERVIEW #19: MAJA KORAC-SANDERSON
HOMING INTERVIEW # 18: Anne Sigfrid Grønseth Professor in Social Anthropology at Lillehammer University College Conducted by Aurora Massa in Stockholm on 16 August 2018 "During our research, we found asylum seekers engaged in what we would call homemaking processes: they buy things they like, they often have brought small things with them – such as … Leggi tutto HOMING INTERVIEW #18: Anne Sigfrid Grønseth
HOMInG: THE HOME-MIGRATION NEXUS 