Att vara som en nyfödd - en narrativ studie om sju unga migranters upplevelser av att fly och leva i exil
(2014) PSPT02 20141Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Studien undersöker migration som fenomen med syfte att bredda förståelsen för upplevelser av flyktingskap och exil hos ungdomar. Fokus är hur den enskilde individens erfarenheter samverkar med sociala processer. Psykoanalytiska, postkoloniala och sociologiska teorier används i tolkningen. Sju semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes och analyserades med hjälp av narrativ metod. Intervjupersonernas livsberättelser delades i två huvudteman: Berättelser om lidande och Berättelser om tillhörighet. Teoretiska begrepp som subjektivitet, identitet, kris, sorg och trauma användes. Berättelserna innehöll erfarenheter av att avhumaniseras i flykten och av värdlandets institutioner. Hypotesen lyfts att asylprocessen och särskilt att få avslag är... (More)
- Studien undersöker migration som fenomen med syfte att bredda förståelsen för upplevelser av flyktingskap och exil hos ungdomar. Fokus är hur den enskilde individens erfarenheter samverkar med sociala processer. Psykoanalytiska, postkoloniala och sociologiska teorier används i tolkningen. Sju semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes och analyserades med hjälp av narrativ metod. Intervjupersonernas livsberättelser delades i två huvudteman: Berättelser om lidande och Berättelser om tillhörighet. Teoretiska begrepp som subjektivitet, identitet, kris, sorg och trauma användes. Berättelserna innehöll erfarenheter av att avhumaniseras i flykten och av värdlandets institutioner. Hypotesen lyfts att asylprocessen och särskilt att få avslag är traumatiserande i sig då deportation enligt flera deltagare skulle innebära döden. Att leva gömd upplevdes som omänskligt påfrestande och ledandes till psykosomatiska och dissociativa symtom. Behovet av någon eller några som utgjorde känslomässigt och materiellt stöd samt underlättade att integrera den gamla och nya identiteten lyftes. En vardag som präglades av oro för och svårigheter att förhålla sig till familjen i ursprungslandet framträdde. Genom hela livsberättelserna fanns uttryck för subjektivitet och agens. Språkets roll blir betydande och analyseras i studien. En diskussion förs kring samhället och flyktingen, subjektets lidande, subjektet i omvandling, övergångspersonens roll och skötsamhetsidealet. (Less)
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to widen the understanding of how young refugees experience forced migration and exile. Furthermore, the ambition was to explore how the individual experience interacts with wider social-political processes. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed with narrative method. Psychoanalytical, postcolonial- and sociological theories were used as a tool for understanding the interviewees’ life stories. Theoretical concepts of subjectivity, identity, racialization, crisis and trauma were used in examination of the data. Two main themes emerged in the analysis: Narratives of suffering and Narratives of belonging, with three respectively four subthemes. The first main theme concerned denial of... (More)
- The aim of this study was to widen the understanding of how young refugees experience forced migration and exile. Furthermore, the ambition was to explore how the individual experience interacts with wider social-political processes. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed with narrative method. Psychoanalytical, postcolonial- and sociological theories were used as a tool for understanding the interviewees’ life stories. Theoretical concepts of subjectivity, identity, racialization, crisis and trauma were used in examination of the data. Two main themes emerged in the analysis: Narratives of suffering and Narratives of belonging, with three respectively four subthemes. The first main theme concerned denial of recognition as a human being, a psychosomatic symptomatology and resistance and agency. The other main theme addressed relatedness to the native- and host country, meeting with institutions, the process of constructing a new identity and attitudes toward other refugees. The results showed that for several interviewees’ the migration experience was in many ways dehumanizing. Unbearable living conditions and painful feelings in the escape, the waiting for asylum and/or living without papers were described. The long asylum process and the refusal of asylum are discussed as a trauma in itself. The result also pointed to the need for a “transitional person” in the new country who could offer emotional and material support as well as help integrate the old and the new identity. One conclusion is the importance of addressing post-migration conditions. The discussion focuses the interaction between social policies and the refugee subject, the role of language and views on deserving “the good life”. (Less)
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- author
- Malesevic, Andrea LU and Wallin, Sigurd LU
- supervisor
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- Magnus Ring LU
- organization
- course
- PSPT02 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- trauma, identitet, subjektivitet, subjekt, övergångsobjekt, postkolonialism, Migration, ungdom, exil, flykting, asyl, psykoanalys, poststrukturalism, rasifiering, kris, narrativ, youth, refugee, exile, asylum, subjectivity, identity, crisis, racialization, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, transitional object, narrative method
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4316626
- date added to LUP
- 2014-02-17 09:37:01
- date last changed
- 2014-02-17 09:38:27
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to widen the understanding of how young refugees experience forced migration and exile. Furthermore, the ambition was to explore how the individual experience interacts with wider social-political processes. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed with narrative method. Psychoanalytical, postcolonial- and sociological theories were used as a tool for understanding the interviewees’ life stories. Theoretical concepts of subjectivity, identity, racialization, crisis and trauma were used in examination of the data. Two main themes emerged in the analysis: Narratives of suffering and Narratives of belonging, with three respectively four subthemes. The first main theme concerned denial of recognition as a human being, a psychosomatic symptomatology and resistance and agency. The other main theme addressed relatedness to the native- and host country, meeting with institutions, the process of constructing a new identity and attitudes toward other refugees. The results showed that for several interviewees’ the migration experience was in many ways dehumanizing. Unbearable living conditions and painful feelings in the escape, the waiting for asylum and/or living without papers were described. The long asylum process and the refusal of asylum are discussed as a trauma in itself. The result also pointed to the need for a “transitional person” in the new country who could offer emotional and material support as well as help integrate the old and the new identity. One conclusion is the importance of addressing post-migration conditions. The discussion focuses the interaction between social policies and the refugee subject, the role of language and views on deserving “the good life”.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Att vara som en nyfödd - en narrativ studie om sju unga migranters upplevelser av att fly och leva i exil}},
year = {{2014}},
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