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Tillhörighetens villkor : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om upplevelsen av att komma till Sverige som flykting / The Conditions of Belonging : A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Refugees in SwedenNordin, Sofie, Bendt, William January 2020 (has links)
The purpose of this study has been to examine the lived experiences of people who have come to Sweden as refugees, specifically focusing on how a sense of belonging might take shape upon arrival. The study is based on qualitative, semi-structured interviews with six individuals, all of whom have been granted asylum in Sweden over the past 15 years. The interviews have been thematically analysed and given a theoretical interpretation by applying Antonsich’s concept of belonging, comprising an intimate and personal dimension, place-belongingness, and its structural counterpart, politics of belonging. The results suggest that a sense of place-belongingness is generated, or in some cases inhibited, by a range of factors: Autobiographical (e.g. past experiences proving to be resources in Sweden), relational (e.g. maintaining a proximity to family), cultural (e.g. learning the Swedish language), economic (e.g. establishing material security through employment) and legal (e.g. obtaining leave to remain in Sweden). The results also illustrate that a sense of place-belongingness is ultimately conditioned by politics of belonging (e.g. social attitudes and migration policy). The study concludes that refugees as a group, far from being a strain on society, are as resourceful as they are heterogenous.
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