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Hvornår bliver noget vigtigt?: et kvalitiativ studie af et lokalsamfunds engagement i et kulturelt perspektiv

Andersen, Karsten LU (2016) ETNK02 20152
Division of Ethnology
Abstract
In the fall of 2015 a huge amount of refugees has come from the Middle East to Europe. Sweden is one of the countries that embraced a lot of these refugees. This study is inspired by the volunteers in a small community in the region of Dalsland were a new refugee housing (asylboende) was established the year before. The main question has been how this change has influenced the community in terms of social values in the society. Under four days of fieldwork in the village of Dals Rostock, the candidate student of ethnology Karsten Andersen gathered his empiric material for this paper through interviews with volunteers at the local refugee centre.
The empiric material been analysed using theories concerning how local communities are formed... (More)
In the fall of 2015 a huge amount of refugees has come from the Middle East to Europe. Sweden is one of the countries that embraced a lot of these refugees. This study is inspired by the volunteers in a small community in the region of Dalsland were a new refugee housing (asylboende) was established the year before. The main question has been how this change has influenced the community in terms of social values in the society. Under four days of fieldwork in the village of Dals Rostock, the candidate student of ethnology Karsten Andersen gathered his empiric material for this paper through interviews with volunteers at the local refugee centre.
The empiric material been analysed using theories concerning how local communities are formed and reformed. The main results are that an emotional narrative focusing on fellowship, closeness and familiarity and empathy gives the inhabitants the tools to focus on the similarities between the old inhabitants and the new.
This paper has five chapters: in the first you find method and theory. Chapter two and three contains the main part of the analysis, with a broadening of the perspective in chapter four: The Hope for Happiness. Finally, in chapter five you find the author’s own conclusions. (Less)
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author
Andersen, Karsten LU
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organization
course
ETNK02 20152
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
refugees, volunteers, happiness, community, local society, turning point
language
Danish
id
8572464
date added to LUP
2016-02-02 09:37:22
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2016-02-02 09:37:22
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  abstract     = {{In the fall of 2015 a huge amount of refugees has come from the Middle East to Europe. Sweden is one of the countries that embraced a lot of these refugees. This study is inspired by the volunteers in a small community in the region of Dalsland were a new refugee housing (asylboende) was established the year before. The main question has been how this change has influenced the community in terms of social values in the society. Under four days of fieldwork in the village of Dals Rostock, the candidate student of ethnology Karsten Andersen gathered his empiric material for this paper through interviews with volunteers at the local refugee centre.
The empiric material been analysed using theories concerning how local communities are formed and reformed. The main results are that an emotional narrative focusing on fellowship, closeness and familiarity and empathy gives the inhabitants the tools to focus on the similarities between the old inhabitants and the new. 
This paper has five chapters: in the first you find method and theory. Chapter two and three contains the main part of the analysis, with a broadening of the perspective in chapter four: The Hope for Happiness. Finally, in chapter five you find the author’s own conclusions.}},
  author       = {{Andersen, Karsten}},
  language     = {{dan}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Hvornår bliver noget vigtigt?: et kvalitiativ studie af et lokalsamfunds engagement i et kulturelt perspektiv}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}