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Language, Being, Belonging, and Non-belonging in South Africa
Migrants’ experiences in South Africa are layered and viewed through the treatment they receive and live through in different South African spaces....
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Belonging
A succinct definition of the concept called place attachment, including its facets, is still emerging. The most basic understanding is that of an...
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The Paradox(es) of Diasporic Identity, Race, and Belonging
This chapter introduces the theme of the paradox(es) of diasporic identity as it relates to notions of belonging, placemaking, migration, and...
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The Unresolved Crisis of Belonging in African Literature: A Reflection
This chapter presents a sideways reflection on belonging. While I take my cue from African literary and cultural studies, my reflection is...
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Migrant Women’s (Non)Belonging in Pandemic Times: An Intersectional Analysis of Home/Land
In this chapter, we use the concept of ‘spatial belonging’ to explore the ways migrant women living in Aotearoa New Zealand experience belonging at...
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Second-Generation Migrants in the Media and Politics: Enacting Cultural Citizenship, Claiming Belonging
Migrants have long been seen as striving for socio-economic mobility in the countries they migrate to. While these aspirations receive scholarly...
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The Paradox(es) of Diasporic Identity, Race and Belonging
This book explores how questions about home and belonging have been framed in the discourses on race, migration, and social relationships. It does...
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Muslims in Canada: Their Identity and Sense of Belonging
In this chapter, we offer a comprehensive overview of Muslims’ sense of identity and belonging in Canada. Analyzing a 2016 Environics’ survey, we...
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Exiting Whiteness and Patriarchy: Embracing Oneness, Breaking Free of Incarcerating Ideologies, and Enabling Pathways to Belonging
This chapter explores the journey of ideological and spiritual transformation needed for the “whited” and gendered (socially constructed...
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Inequality, Fragmentation, and Belonging: John Berger on Migrant Labour
John Berger’s 1975 study of migrant labour, A Seventh Man, is an example of the enduring relevance of a Marxist approach to migration. Berger’s...
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Muslim Immigrants in France: Sense of Identity and Belonging
France has the highest percentage of Muslims in Europe among its global population, which is 8.5 percent. There is a wide diversity of home countries...
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Syrian Experiences of Remaking Home: Migratory Journeys, State Refugee Policies, and Negotiated Belonging
This chapter reflects on the narrative recollections of people on the move who have survived the current Syrian war, only to confront the challenges...
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American Muslim Immigrants: Identity and Belonging in the Shadow of 9/11
Muslims have been a salient minority group in the United States since at least the turn of the century. During this period, domestic and foreign...
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Belonging, Identification and Trust Among Self-Identified Muslims in Sweden: What We Know and What We don’t Know
By breaking down the concepts of “identity and belonging” to a question about trust and a sense of feeling valued in Sweden, we want to explore if...
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Muslims’ Sense of Belonging and Identification in the Western World: An Overview and Comparison of Scientific Literature in North America and Europe
This chapter provides an overview and comparison of the studies on Muslims’ sense of belonging and identification with their countries of residence...
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Muslim Immigrants’ Sense of Identity and Belonging in the Western World—The Case of Austria
Muslim communities in Austria are highly diverse and of all Western countries, Austria probably has one of the longest histories of Islam. It reaches...
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No Strong Sense of Belonging and the EU as a Security-Provider: How Young People in Rural Poland Perceive EU Citizenship
This chapter analyses how students in secondary and vocational schools in peripheral areas in Poland perceive the EU and EU citizenship. It shows...
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Common sense politics: religion and belonging in French public space
Public “common sense” should be conceptualized as an important force structuring the politics of belonging. Homing in on the embodied and sensory...
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Peripheral Futurities. Emigration Plans and Sense of Belonging among East Central European Youth
Peripherality is a matter not only of politics and geography but also of self-identification. One important measure of peripherality as lived...
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From Ubuntu to Makwerekwere: Reinvigorating Belonging in Democratic South Africa
The medieval age in Africa relates to communal beliefs or values commonly referred to as Ubuntu in South African parlance. This age-long practice has...