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Tahriib--journeys into the unknown : an ethnography of uncertainty in migration
- Title
- Tahriib--journeys into the unknown : an ethnography of uncertainty in migration / Anja Simonsen.
- Author
- Simonsen, Anja
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2023]
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.
- Summary
- "This book offers an innovative approach to migration by exploring Somali youths' tahriib, their 'journey into the unknown'. When young Somali men and women refer to the 'unknown', they recognize the uncertainty of their journeys. This uncertainty is partly due to the laws and policies that restrict the right to cross national boundaries and define their movements as illegal. Based on fieldwork conducted with Somali youth, mainly from Somaliland, the book details their perceptions of the journey and their practices on the way. The author shows how they position themselves in a constantly changing world before and during the so-called migration crisis that began in 2015. A vital part of tahriib is the constant search for information on possible routes ahead, a search that intensifies as the journey progresses. Specific policy responses, such as biometric registration, influence practices of gathering and sharing information. They have implications for the creation and shattering of hope and the experience of time en route. The book demonstrates that tahriib is ultimately about spending one's time wisely and about creating and maintaining hope in what may seem hopeless situations." --
- Series Statement
- Migration, diasporas and citizenship
- Alternative Title
- Tahrib--journeys into the unknown : an ethnography of uncertainty in migration
- Subject
- Somalis > Migrations
- Somalis > Social life and customs
- Somalis > Rites and ceremonies
- Somali diaspora
- Youth > Horn of Africa > Social life and customs
- Emigration and immigration
- Somali diaspora
- Somalis > Migrations
- Somalis > Social life and customs
- Youth > Social life and customs
- Horn of Africa > Emigration and immigration
- Africa > Horn of Africa
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- Sc D 23-851
- ISBN
- 3031278208
- 9783031278204
- 9783031278211 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1369513562
- Author
- Simonsen, Anja, author.
- Title
- Tahriib--journeys into the unknown : an ethnography of uncertainty in migration / Anja Simonsen.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Migration, diasporas and citizenship
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 23-851