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Moving to Portugal: Conditions for Refugees' Identity (Re)Configuration Processes
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Abstract
This research seeks to explore how mobility interacts with identity (re)configuration processes. We take a comprehensive look at the impact of mobility on refugees' adaptation of their own social identity in diasporas. To build our analytical standpoint, we will discuss theories of mobilities and id... view more
This research seeks to explore how mobility interacts with identity (re)configuration processes. We take a comprehensive look at the impact of mobility on refugees' adaptation of their own social identity in diasporas. To build our analytical standpoint, we will discuss theories of mobilities and identity studies and explore points of intersection between relational approaches to collective identities, theories of co-constitution of social formations, and mobile subjectivities and narratives about diasporans' experiences, refugee hosting, and conditions for identity (re)configuration. Next, we apply our analytical perspective to a selection of existing empirical research on refugees in Portugal. We were able to identify some clues that indicate the relevance of our approach and suggest two lines for further empirical research in the Portuguese context.... view less
Keywords
Portugal; identity formation; flight; refugee; diaspora; identity
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
hosting country; identity (re)configuration; mobilities; transit
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 255-260
Journal
Social Inclusion, 10 (2022) 4
Issue topic
Networks and Contested Identities in the Refugee Journey
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed