Experiences of displacement, migration, and settlement among Afghans in Ottawa

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" Experiences of displacement, migration, and settlement among Afghans in Ottawa "
Anupa Ann Varghese

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55378
Doc. No	:	TL25332
Call number	:	‭MR06781‬
Main Entry	:	Anupa Ann Varghese
Title & Author	:	Experiences of displacement, migration, and settlement among Afghans in Ottawa\ Anupa Ann Varghese
College	:	Carleton University (Canada)
Date	:	2005
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2005
Page No	:	105
Abstract	:	Anthropologists, according to Lisa Malkki (1995), Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson (1997), have generally favoured studies of people situated in their places of birth or homelands, and have considered people/places as distinct and separate from each other. However, places/people/cultures can no longer be thought of as distinct and separate since people/cultures are moving to and settling into places other than homelands. Thus, it is necessary to examine the process of migration and settlement and its impact on people/places/cultures in order to understand the relationship between people and places. This thesis explores the connections rather than the differences between places as illustrated through experiences of displacement, migration, and settlement among Afghans in Ottawa. It looks at how the place of birth or the homeland of Afghanistan as well as the place of settlement of Canada shape the (re)formation of Afghan community and identity through the conceptual framework of diasporic community.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Ontario; Cultural anthropology; 0326:Cultural anthropology
Added Entry	:	Carleton University (Canada)