(Be)coming Home An Existential Perspective on Migration, Settlement and the Meanings of Home
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https://doi.org/10.65828/8k0s9807Keywords:
Home, migration, settlement, heidegger, kierkegaard, alienation, belongingAbstract
This paper draws on research into the meanings of home as experienced and constructed by a number of voluntary migrants. It offers a theoretical discussion of the concept of home, relating this to the contrast between Heidegger's earlier and later thoughts on the idea of home. The research findings are presented in a Kierkegaardian framework which draws parallels between changes in the meaning of home and the development of the self.
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