FINDING HOME IN EUROPE_4: ‘ONCE WE RELAX, THE DOOR OF TRAUMA IS OPEN’

The fourth life story in Finding home in Europe, a HOMInG book edited by L.E. Pérez Murcia and S. Bonfanti (Berghahn, 2022), is about "Once We Relax, the Door of Trauma is Open: Aaron’ Life Story". Through this life story, Milena Belloni tells the life story of Aaron, an Eritrean man in his forties living in the Netherlands. While recounting the … Leggi tutto FINDING HOME IN EUROPE_4: ‘ONCE WE RELAX, THE DOOR OF TRAUMA IS OPEN’

FINDING HOME IN EUROPE_3: ‘HOMING IN THE GLOBAL JOB MARKET’ 

The third life story in Finding home in Europe, a HOMInG book edited by L.E. Pérez Murcia and S. Bonfanti (Berghahn, 2022), is about "Priya - Homing in the Global Job Market: the Life Story of an Indian Woman in the Netherlands". Through this life story, Sara Bonfanti highlights the predicaments faced by high-skilled migrants in making a home on the move. … Leggi tutto FINDING HOME IN EUROPE_3: ‘HOMING IN THE GLOBAL JOB MARKET’ 

Alejandro Miranda: “Celebrating like a local and Ecuadorian in the Netherlands”

Celebrating like a local and Ecuadorian in the Netherlands by Alejandro Miranda While conducting fieldwork in the Netherlands last year I met generous people from Ecuador who taught me quite a few things about homing in a specific locality, as part of a community. One of the most remarkable episodes was a celebration that involved many … Leggi tutto Alejandro Miranda: “Celebrating like a local and Ecuadorian in the Netherlands”

Sara Bonfanti: “Of shifts and stitches,  field-working among Hindustanis in Amsterdam”

Of shifts and stitches,  field-working among Hindustanis in Amsterdam By Sara Bonfanti The Post highlights some epiphanies of doing ethnography in the Dutch capital, searching for patterns of Indo-Pakistani migrations, and finding savoury exceptionalities. Tags: Hindustanis, associations, migration visas, houses of worship, Netherlands.   Pic.1_Amsterdam, channelling touristsApril 2018. I shifted to the NL quite reluctantly, … Leggi tutto Sara Bonfanti: “Of shifts and stitches,  field-working among Hindustanis in Amsterdam”