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'Roam, Sweet Home': Exploring perception of homeland, home, and belonging of Syrian-Armenian migrants in Armenia

Sukiasyan, Sona LU (2022) SIMZ41 20221
Graduate School
Abstract
This study seeks to explore the ways Syrian-Armenian migrants in Armenia perceive and narrate homeland, home, and belonging in their post-migration setting. Through the personal stories and experiences of the participants, this study aims to contest and deconstruct the assumptions about the fixed nature of homeland, home, and belonging. While doing so, this thesis relies upon the contemporary theoretical frameworks of diaspora/transnationalism. This study also seeks to contribute to the understanding of diasporans as ‘transnational’ people, who are both ‘rooted’ at home and ‘routed’ elsewhere by different trajectories. Moreover, this thesis also examines how the perception of homeland, home, and belonging of Syrian-Armenians of this study... (More)
This study seeks to explore the ways Syrian-Armenian migrants in Armenia perceive and narrate homeland, home, and belonging in their post-migration setting. Through the personal stories and experiences of the participants, this study aims to contest and deconstruct the assumptions about the fixed nature of homeland, home, and belonging. While doing so, this thesis relies upon the contemporary theoretical frameworks of diaspora/transnationalism. This study also seeks to contribute to the understanding of diasporans as ‘transnational’ people, who are both ‘rooted’ at home and ‘routed’ elsewhere by different trajectories. Moreover, this thesis also examines how the perception of homeland, home, and belonging of Syrian-Armenians of this study inform the ways they imagine their future. (Less)
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author
Sukiasyan, Sona LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMZ41 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Homeland, Home, Belonging, Diaspora, Armenia, Syria, Syrian-Armenian Migrants, Imagining Future
language
English
id
9086368
date added to LUP
2022-06-23 10:56:15
date last changed
2022-06-23 10:56:15
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  abstract     = {{This study seeks to explore the ways Syrian-Armenian migrants in Armenia perceive and narrate homeland, home, and belonging in their post-migration setting. Through the personal stories and experiences of the participants, this study aims to contest and deconstruct the assumptions about the fixed nature of homeland, home, and belonging. While doing so, this thesis relies upon the contemporary theoretical frameworks of diaspora/transnationalism. This study also seeks to contribute to the understanding of diasporans as ‘transnational’ people, who are both ‘rooted’ at home and ‘routed’ elsewhere by different trajectories. Moreover, this thesis also examines how the perception of homeland, home, and belonging of Syrian-Armenians of this study inform the ways they imagine their future.}},
  author       = {{Sukiasyan, Sona}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{'Roam, Sweet Home': Exploring perception of homeland, home, and belonging of Syrian-Armenian migrants in Armenia}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}