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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Identity belonging"”.
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Migrant spatiality: Identity, belonging, and a question of diaspora
… of these interviews suggest that a sense of belonging was a vital factor in the decision to return to Mexico, thus requiring an engagement of identity as it is experienced within a diasporic population. Despite significant time spent in the U.S., interviewees’ ongoing connection to, and/or …
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Digital Queer Spaces: Interrogating Identity, Belonging and Nationalism in Contemporary India
Contemporary Indian sexual identities are constructed out of the multiple effects of tradition, modernity, globalisation and colonialism. The nation as we understand it is constructed on the basis of a commonality which ‘binds’ its citizens, and also banishes and expels those who do not conform to …
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Last Rites for Uptown
This autobiographical poetry collection is about identity, belonging, and brokenness, dealing with the aftermath of a dead mother, a deadbeat father, and a decaying home filled with years of trash and memory. In many ways, this collection is a buildungsroman. For me, what seem like ordinary …
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Yall Aint Heard Us? Black Identity and Belonging in Appalachian Virginia
… remain overlooked. This research explores black identity, belonging, and lived experience in Appalachian Virginia, a space frequently excluded from racial examination. Utilizing interviews, demographic data, and autoethnography, this study centers black voices to explore the construction of …
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Xochimilco es Hogar : place attachment and belonging in Mexico City
… and their images, along with questions about identity, belonging, and community in Xochimilco and in Mexico City. Finally, participants were asked what they would change about Xochimilco. Photographs and interviews were analyzed according to Setha Low's model of aspects of place attachment and …
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Niggaz Wit Aesthetic: A Sociological Conceptualization of Diasporic Hip-Hop Identities in the Era of Mass Incarceration
… full citizenship, how do black Americans develop identity, belonging, and community within structures of oppression? Through ethnography and archival research this study documents how the aesthetic realm historically and contemporarily serves as a site of articulation where rural black Americans …
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Iranian (Persian)-Francophone Women in Diaspora and the Literature of Exile Reconstructing Self Through Writing
… how these writers navigate complex questions of identity, belonging, and heritage in their works. This research will be conducted on selected works of three of these authors employing an interpretive approach and a textual literary analysis. Moving beyond conventional biographical and historical …
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The politics of poetry in Bosnia and Herzegovina: re-assessing tradition since the late 1980s
… practices that offered political alternatives to identity, belonging, and commonality. I analyse how this struggle has played out in the field of cultural production, particularly within and among the three strands of poetry which I categorise according to the world-view they endorse as related …
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‘Undetermined exiles’: a phenomenological exploration of transition out of Army life
… in civilian life, leading to loss of the identity, belonging and certainty that military life provided. Participants were determined to make a success of transition but, without a clear identity, meaning or purpose in civilian life, struggled to apply this determination. This was the case …
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I Dreamt of Saltwater and Eggs: Magic, Nationhood, and the Writer-out-of-Country
… his travels he is confronted with questions of identity, belonging and nationhood. While extensive research has been conducted on post-colonial writing and the over- running themes in fiction which falls under this category, Cyprus has remained fairly un- explored, mainly due to the fact that …
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The alchemy of the dhikr ritual: South African Sufi women experiences
… resistance. Through an analysis of themes like identity, community, and the guidance provided by their Shaykh, the research captures the dynamics of self-identity, belonging, and personal agency. The participants' evolving identities are analysed within their socio-religious environments, …
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“The Journey of Relocation,” A Reflective Autoethnography, Digital Story Telling, and Netnography: Experiences of South Asian Immigrants in Canada
… where South Asian diasporas negotiate identity, belonging, and resistance. This study investigates the complex realities of South Asian migrants in Canada amid rising anti-immigration sentiments post-COVID-19 and systemic inequities rooted in colonial legacies and shifting immigration …
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A Global Citizenship Framework in Museums: Global Issues, Local Concerns and Diplomatic Potentials
… to offer insights into changing notions of identity, belonging, and citizenship in museums and to explore their social, global, and diplomatic implications for contemporary museum practice. Through in-depth examinations of three institutions located in different parts of the Western world, …
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RAP IN EXILE: SYRIAN DIASPORA, HYBRIDITY AND DIGITAL CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN GERMANY
… how these artists construct and negotiate identity, belonging and political subjectivity through sonic and digital practices. Situated within scholarly debates on diaspora, transnationalism and cultural citizenship, the study contends that rap operates as a pivotal medium through which …
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2+2 Doesn't Always Equal 4: A Mixed Methods Approach to U.S.-Born Children of Immigrants' Cultural Identities and Belonging
… limited their experiences to cultural identity, as it pertains to belonging. Simply put, the literature supposes that children of immigrants’ cultural identities define their sense of belonging. Moreover, the literature lacks insight into the lived experiences of children of immigrants, …
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STEM Identity, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Engagement: Motivational Pathways Among Undergraduate STEM Students
… 2002), this dissertation examines how STEM identity development, sense of belonging, and self-efficacy jointly support students’ motivation and engagement. Although recent work has expanded multidimensional assessments of STEM identity, few studies conceptualize identity as a dynamic …
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Beyond Access: Black Women Alumnae’s Perspectives on Navigating Russell Group Universities as Undergraduates in the United Kingdom
… universities, investigating how they navigated identity, belonging, racism, and institutional support within elite higher education. The study was guided by three research questions: how Black women experienced identity and belonging in these environments; what survival and resistance strategies …
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Using film screenings to explore the nature and impact of student interactions with the Observatory informal settlement
… social exchange, intergroup contact, and social identity theoretical underpinnings. Against the complex social dynamic of Observatory and the historical backdrop of South Africa, the study investigates the dynamics that shape perceptions, interactions, and potential positive outcomes in this …
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'As a Lover' & 'Exploring the Wreck': (Re)creating the lesbian past through historical fiction
… COMPONENT <br/>'As a Lover' is a novel about identity, belonging and repression. It tells the story of the impact of the publication and subsequent banning of Radclyffe Hall’s 'The Well of Loneliness' (1928), which is considered to be the first overtly lesbian novel in English. It was banned …
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