Naslov
Imaginaries of Home and Destination in Biographic Naratives of (Re-)migration.

Autori
Hornstein Tomić, Caroline

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Revue Association Internationale d'Etudes du Sud-Est Europeen / Manea-Grgin, Castilia - Bukurešt : Association Internationale d´etudes du Sud-Est Europeen, 2014, 423-434

Skup
The Image(s) of South-Eastern and East-Central Europe throughout History ; Annales Pilar 2013 / AIESEE Annual Conference 2013.

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 25.10.2013. - 26.10.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Migration, biographic narrative, home(land), diaspora, identity

Sažetak
Since the collapse of socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, not only emigration but also considerable remigration dynamics from diasporas all over the world can be observed. This special type of co-ethnic migration from “West” to “East” is part of post-socialist transition. Amongst others there were skilled migrants of first and second migrant generations heading “home” to participate in and have an impact on the transformation processes, and / or to profit from economic privatization and market opening. Such return migration was driven by idealism, patriotism, curiosity, courage, by a sense of adventure as much as by strategic thinking. As any kind of voluntary migration is generally provoked by the desire to lead more satisfying lives, return migration furthermore contains romantic and nostalgic references to something “left behind”, as well as a probably utopian concept inherent to the idea of “homecoming”, however projected into the future. The paper looks into narratives - from biographic sources obtained through interviews - of “homecoming”, and into accounts of arrivals in a “homeland in transition”, which was chosen as the migration destination. It analyzes how imaginaries of home and destination motivate actual migration processes, and what role projections of migrants go along with them.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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