Tag: Migrants

HOMING @ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN: ALEJANDRO MIRANDA-NIETO, ‘SHARED FLATS IN MADRID: SOCIAL ANCHORING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIGRANTS’ SENSE OF HOME’

Former 'hominger' Alejandro Miranda-Nieto, now at Oslo Metropolitan University, will give an online presentation based on his past HOMInG fieldwork at University College Dublin, next February 17. The title of his presentation is Shared flats in Madrid: Social anchoring and the development of migrants' sense of home.  17th February 2022 13:00-14:00 | Zoom event (register here) See the abstract … Leggi tutto HOMING @ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN: ALEJANDRO MIRANDA-NIETO, ‘SHARED FLATS IN MADRID: SOCIAL ANCHORING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIGRANTS’ SENSE OF HOME’

A PLACE MIGRANTS WOULD CALL HOME (BOCCAGNI, ARMANNI, SANTINELLO – ‘COMPARATIVE MIGRATION STUDIES’, 2021)

Is there a place migrants would call home? What does it look like, why does it matter, and how does it change over time? Paolo Boccagni, Bernardo Armanni and Cristiano Santinello have just published a research article on 'A place migrants would call home: open-ended constructions and social determinants over time among Ecuadorians in three European cities'. The article, available … Leggi tutto A PLACE MIGRANTS WOULD CALL HOME (BOCCAGNI, ARMANNI, SANTINELLO – ‘COMPARATIVE MIGRATION STUDIES’, 2021)

FEELING AT HOME ACROSS TIME AND PLACE: A STUDY OF ECUADORIANS IN THREE EUROPEAN CITIES (BOCCAGNI & VARGAS-SILVA, ‘POPULATION, SPACE AND PLACE’, 2021)

Feeling at home across time and place, by HOMInG's Paolo Boccagni and Compas' Carlos Vargas-Silva, has just been published in Population, Space and Place [open access]. This is the first product out of HOMInG's transnational survey in London, Madrid and Milan (2019). The study was driven by the aim to make sense of migrants' views, emotions and … Leggi tutto FEELING AT HOME ACROSS TIME AND PLACE: A STUDY OF ECUADORIANS IN THREE EUROPEAN CITIES (BOCCAGNI & VARGAS-SILVA, ‘POPULATION, SPACE AND PLACE’, 2021)

#STAYHOME UNDER LOCKDOWN IN ITALY (1): PERCEPTIONS OF HOME AND MIGRANT/HOMELESS PEOPLE IN FACEBOOK GROUPS (BY MARIA REBECCA ROSSI)

During the lockdown in Italy, in spring 2020, the HOMInG team worked with some trainee students from Trento's Department of Sociology to explore the evolving representations of home on social media. The post below, by Maria Rebecca Rossi, reports some findings from her exploratory study of home, homelessness and migrants in Facebook groups dedicated to … Leggi tutto #STAYHOME UNDER LOCKDOWN IN ITALY (1): PERCEPTIONS OF HOME AND MIGRANT/HOMELESS PEOPLE IN FACEBOOK GROUPS (BY MARIA REBECCA ROSSI)

HOMING @ DISPLACEMENT & DOMESTICITY: REFUGEES, MIGRANTS AND EXPATS MAKING HOMES

HOMInG's Paolo Boccagni will give a keynote lecture at the end of the international workshop on: Displacement&Domesticity: Refugees, Migrants & Expats Making Homes, to take place in Brussels next March 28-20. The workshop has been promoted by EAHN - European Architectural History Network. The convenor is prof. Hilde Heynen (University of Leuven), together with her research group. The main workshop tracks will be on "Rethinking domesticity", "Practices", "Historical perspectives", … Leggi tutto HOMING @ DISPLACEMENT & DOMESTICITY: REFUGEES, MIGRANTS AND EXPATS MAKING HOMES

NEW SEMINAR – FLORE GUBERT: MIGRANT HOMETOWN ASSOCIATIONS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALI AND SENEGAL

The next HOMInG seminar will take place next Monday, December 3 at 4pm, Dpt. of Sociology. Economist Flore Gubert (DIAL, Paris) will give a presentation on Migrant hometown associations and local development in Mali and Senegal. See the abstract below. All welcome! Migrant hometown associations (HTAs) and local development in Mali & Senegal Prof. Flore GUBERT (DIAL, Paris) The presentation will first describe Malian … Leggi tutto NEW SEMINAR – FLORE GUBERT: MIGRANT HOMETOWN ASSOCIATIONS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALI AND SENEGAL

Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia: ‘Peru is our country but the UK is our home. Our life is here’

‘Peru is our country but the UK is our home. Our life is here’ By Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia People migrate for several reasons. While some move in the search for safety following experiences of conflict and violence, others move in the search for economic betterment or academic opportunities. Lucho’s migratory experience challenges binary frameworks … Leggi tutto Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia: ‘Peru is our country but the UK is our home. Our life is here’

#NewBook Migration and the Search for Home

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Migration and the Search for Home Mapping Domestic Space in Migrants’ Everyday Lives Authors: Boccagni, Paolo Home is usually perceived as what placidly lies in the background of everyday life. Migrants’ experience tells a different story. What happens to home, once someone moves far away from its “natural” bases and searches for new ones under … Leggi tutto #NewBook Migration and the Search for Home