Being-Here: Placemaking In A World Of Movement (Easa Series, 35)

Exploring the lifeworlds of Halima, Omar and Mohamed, three middle-aged Somalis living in Melbourne, Australia, the author discusses the interrelated meanings of emplacement and displacement as experienced in people’s everyday lives. Through their experiences of displacement and placemaking, Being-Here examines the figure of the refugee as a metaphor for societal alienation and estrangement, and moves anthropological theory towards a new understanding of the crucial existential links between Sein (Being) and Da (Here).

• | Author: Annika Lems
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: May 13, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 252 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1800734409
• | ISBN-13: 9781800734401