Being-Here: Placemaking in a World of Movement

By Annika Lems

Book Overview

Exploring the lifeworlds of Halima, Omar and Mohamed, three middle-aged Somalis living in Melbourne, Australia, the author discusses the interrelated meanings of emplacement and displacement as experienced in people's everyday lives. Through their experiences of displacement and placemaking, Being-Here examines the figure of the refugee as a metaphor for societal alienation and estrangement, and moves anthropological theory towards a new understanding of the crucial existential links between Sein (Being) and Da (Here).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800734409
• ISBN13: 9781800734401
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"