Naslov
Study of Hestia FC, the First Refugee and Migrant Women's Football Team in Greece

Autori
Jurković, Rahela

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

Izvornik
9th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology Proceedings / Šalaj, Sanja ; Škegro, Dario - Zagreb : Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021, 501-504

ISBN
978-953-317-065-7

Skup
9th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology, Satellite Symposium: Social Aspects of Sport in Southeastern Europe: Never-ending Transitions

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 15.09.2021. - 19.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
integration, refugees, refugee women, sport, football

Sažetak
This paper investigates the integration of refugee women in a host society through football. It is based on a case study of the first refugee and migrant women’s football team in Greece: Hestia FC. The research is based on qualitative methods: semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The results of the study show that playing football, when approached appropriately, brings many benefits to refugees. The right approach to football as a tool for refugee integration is to be found in dedicated people who manage such football programmes, in creating a football pitch as a safe space, and in listening to the needs, desires and thoughts of refugees. In this way, the broadly spread idea in contemporary migration theory and policies of integration as a mutual process can be successfully materialised and may bring benefits to both refugees and the local community.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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