Conceptualizing social resilience in the context of migrants’ lived experiences
(2023) In Geoforum 139.- Abstract
- The current concept of social resilience, which developed from the classic definition of resilience, neglects social resilience as a social phenomenon including social experiences and practices in the face of change and adversity. I argue that framing social resilience as a capacity or ability undermines its characteristics as a complex and contextualized social phenomenon that contributes to adaptive and transformative abilities in the context of migrants' lived experiences. In this article, I present a social constructionist approach to conceptualize social resilience. From a life course perspective, I emphasize on migrants' lived experiences. In this context, I describe status, network, support, and visibility as four institutionally... (More)
- The current concept of social resilience, which developed from the classic definition of resilience, neglects social resilience as a social phenomenon including social experiences and practices in the face of change and adversity. I argue that framing social resilience as a capacity or ability undermines its characteristics as a complex and contextualized social phenomenon that contributes to adaptive and transformative abilities in the context of migrants' lived experiences. In this article, I present a social constructionist approach to conceptualize social resilience. From a life course perspective, I emphasize on migrants' lived experiences. In this context, I describe status, network, support, and visibility as four institutionally embedded dimensions of social resilience that interconnect environmental factors to impact social experiences and practices. Social resilience is a phenomenon characterized by migrants' lived experiences marked by uncertainty and turning points embodied in the host country's political, economic, cultural, and social contexts. (Less)
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- Qamar, Azher Hameed LU
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- 2023-01-24
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- Resilience, social resilience, migrants, lived experience, life course perspective, migration
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- Geoforum
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- 139
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- 103680
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- Elsevier
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- scopus:85146718720
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- 0016-7185
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- 10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103680
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- Social Resilience: Lived Experiences of Young Adult Migrants in Sweden
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- English
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title = {{Conceptualizing social resilience in the context of migrants’ lived experiences}},
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