Beyond legal status: Exploring dimensions of belonging among forced migrants in Istanbul and Vienna

Name: Beyond legal status: Exploring dimensions of belonging among forced migrants in Istanbul and Vienna
Author: Rottmann, Susan Beth

İsim	Beyond legal status: Exploring dimensions of belonging among forced migrants in Istanbul and Vienna
Yazar	Rottmann, Susan Beth
Basım Tarihi:	2020-03-25
Basım Yeri	- Cogitatio Press
Konu	Asylum, Belonging, City, Culture, Integration, Istanbul, Legal limbo, Vienna
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	2183-2803
Kayıt Numarası	3066dcb5-da74-476f-b8aa-9d4e4982ab18
Lokasyon	Humanities and Social Sciences
Tarih	2020-03-25
Notlar	European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC)
Örnek Metin	Migrants with precarious legal statuses experience significant structural exclusion from their host nations but may still feel partial belonging. This article explores two dimensions potentially relevant for this group’s sense of belonging: city-level opportunity structures and public political discourses. Specifically, we examine perceptions of belonging among forced migrants with similarly precarious legal statuses located in Istanbul and Vienna. Drawing from semi-structured interviews, we argue that opportunity structures in the cities provide a minimal sense of social normalness within a period of life otherwise considered anomalous or exceptional. Any articulations of belonging in this context however remain inherently tied to the conditions of legal limbo at the national level. With regard to public political discourses, migrants display a strong awareness of the role of religion within national debates on culture and integration. In a context where religion is discussed as a mediator of belonging, we found explicit affirmations of such discourses, whereas in a context where religion is discussed as a marker of difference, we found implicit compliance, despite feelings of alienation. Overall, this article shows the importance of differentiating belonging, and of cross-regional comparisons for highlighting the diverse roles of cities and public political discourses in facilitating integration.
DOI	10.17645/si.v8i1.2392
Cilt	8

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Beyond legal status: Exploring dimensions of belonging among forced migrants in Istanbul and Vienna

Yazar Rottmann, Susan Beth

Basım Tarihi 2020-03-25

Basım Yeri - Cogitatio Press

Konu Asylum, Belonging, City, Culture, Integration, Istanbul, Legal limbo, Vienna

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 2183-2803

Kayıt Numarası 3066dcb5-da74-476f-b8aa-9d4e4982ab18

Lokasyon Humanities and Social Sciences

Tarih 2020-03-25

Notlar European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC)

Örnek Metin Migrants with precarious legal statuses experience significant structural exclusion from their host nations but may still feel partial belonging. This article explores two dimensions potentially relevant for this group’s sense of belonging: city-level opportunity structures and public political discourses. Specifically, we examine perceptions of belonging among forced migrants with similarly precarious legal statuses located in Istanbul and Vienna. Drawing from semi-structured interviews, we argue that opportunity structures in the cities provide a minimal sense of social normalness within a period of life otherwise considered anomalous or exceptional. Any articulations of belonging in this context however remain inherently tied to the conditions of legal limbo at the national level. With regard to public political discourses, migrants display a strong awareness of the role of religion within national debates on culture and integration. In a context where religion is discussed as a mediator of belonging, we found explicit affirmations of such discourses, whereas in a context where religion is discussed as a marker of difference, we found implicit compliance, despite feelings of alienation. Overall, this article shows the importance of differentiating belonging, and of cross-regional comparisons for highlighting the diverse roles of cities and public political discourses in facilitating integration.

DOI 10.17645/si.v8i1.2392

Cilt 8