Materializing Migrants’ Emotions

An Ethnography of Displacement Through Objects Among Syrians in Turkey

AvSelçuk Gündüz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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By tracing the stories and emotions that emerge through the objects with which migrants associate, it examines human–object relations in the experiences of Syrian migrants in Turkey. It offers a deep ethnographic account of their social and cultural life, mapping the emotional landscape of displacement. It shows how these materials articulate cultural categories such as family, homeland, faith, and home. In doing so, it demonstrates how objects instilled with meaning shape migrants’ identities and sense of belonging in the new place.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781807580582

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Selçuk Gündüz is an Assistant Professor at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University. In 2022, he earned a TÜBİTAK scholarship and carried out research as a visiting researcher at Queen's University Belfast. He conducts research grounded in ethnography on migration, material culture, gender and the Alevi belief system.

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“This is a thoughtful and sensitive discussion of displaced Syrians in Turkey, using the lens of material culture to tease out the human experience of migration. There are some very rich examples deployed across the text.” • Kathy Burrell, University of Liverpool

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Objects Carrying the Scent of HomelandChapter 2. The Role of Objects on the Feeling of Home in Migrant Lives: The Case of Display Cabinets and Plants in Syrian Migrant HomesChapter 3. Religious ObjectsChapter 4. Contiuning Bonds: Object Mediations Following Separation and DeathChapter 5. The Biographies of a Community Trust ‘Battalname’ and a Personal Belonging ‘Prayer Rug’: A Case Study of Ahmed's StoryChapter 6. PhotographsChapter 7. Digital Landscape and Sharing: ‘Do You Remember This?’ConclusionReferencesIndex