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Book SynopsisWhen it comes to migration, there is no level playing field. Some people are privileged, advantaged and supported and others are marginalised, persecuted and traumatised. The extension of the rights and equalities for which many people advocate, and provision of other extrinsic conditions are insufficient for wellbeing. This work asks: what is sufficient? What is it that people do—and can do—to change their experience from suffering to wellbeing when handling challenges of migration and other mobilities? What helps people when they are migrating? What have migrants experienced and learned that could be useful to others facing challenges of mobility and change? How can this learning be applied to promote greater social wellbeing and care of environments, in an increasingly mobile world? This book documents rich conversations with regular migrants and refugees to critically consider migration history, human rights, place, self, and mobilities studies. The work explores ontological and epistemological questions of sense of self, sense of place, identity and agency. Mahni Dugan helps us understand how the relationship between sense of place and sense of self affects the ability of migrants to relocate with wellbeing. The movement from global to local, social to personal, intellectual to experiential offers a broad societal understanding of the phenomena and challenges of contemporary mobilities.
Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements 1: Conceptual Frames 1 Mobilities of Place and Self Place and Sense of Place Self and Sense of Self 2 Meta-Narratives and Agency 3 All the World is the Stage II: Lived Experience 4 Regular Migrations 5 Irregular Migrations 6 Mobile Lives III: Challenges of Resettlement 7 Settling in New Places 8 Dilemmas of Difference 9 Identity and Belonging IV: Moving Forward 10 Vital Sensibilities 11 What Legacy Will We Leave? Bibliography Index
