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Constructing Home through Unhome: Narratives of Resistance by an Iranian Asylum Seeker in Germany

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  • Mastoureh Fathi

    (Department of Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland)

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The recent COVID-19 pandemic uncovered some already existing but somewhat hidden inequalities in different countries. Many features of inequalities that pre-existed the COVID-19 pandemic for a long time were uncovered due to this radical shift in living arrangements globally. This paper focuses on one particular feature of these inequalities: housing situation of one Iranian asylum seeker in a heim (refugee accommodation) in Germany. Contributing to an understanding of how political resistance can be exercised through personal biographies, the paper differentiates between the notion of ‘unhome’ from home by discussing three factors: choice, anchor and the significant of others. The paper contributes to the growing scholarships around home in migration and its intersection with personal narratives.

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  • Mastoureh Fathi, 2022. "Constructing Home through Unhome: Narratives of Resistance by an Iranian Asylum Seeker in Germany," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2022:i:1:p:16-:d:1016315
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