Children's Geographies
Volume 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-48

'It can be good there too': Home and continuity in refugee children's narratives of settlement (Article)

Archambault J.*
  • a Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Abstract

Drawing on refugee children's narratives about their experiences of settlement after prolonged stays in asylum centres, this article explores how the process of home-making is experienced in the everyday lives of children (7-12 year olds) settling with their parents in Norway. This article examines the importance of home as a material and relational space where children's expectations of an ideal home and existing standards together influence the process of home-making. Settlement is found to be a turning point in the lives of refugee families; it is a way of making oneself at home, sustaining continuity in children's world of movement, as well as linking space and time in their lives. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Asylum Centre Refugee children Settlement home Continuity

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84858322246&doi=10.1080%2f14733285.2011.638177&partnerID=40&md5=00bdc3bc9be2d6d7110d3ee604bd6607
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.638177
ISSN: 14733285
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English