Contested Home : Asylum-Seeking in Switzerland and the Politics of Belonging, Place, and Religion

• Autore: Kunz Katherine
• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.8709494
• Soggetto topico: Religion and sociology
• Soggetto geografico: Switzerland
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1Overview and Context -- 1.1.1Migration -- 1.1.2Home -- 1.1.3Research on Home -- 1.1.4Borders -- 1.2Migration and Churches -- 1.3Overview of Chapters -- 2. Explorations of Home -- 2.1Home as Place -- 2.1.1The Spatial Turn -- 2.1.1.1Space, Place, and Location -- 2.1.1.2Place as Being in the World -- 2.1.1.3Home as Process -- 2.1.2Home as Affective Associations -- 2.1.2.1Home as Absence -- 2.1.2.2Home as Narrative -- 2.1.2.3Home as Utopia -- 2.1.3Home as Personal and Political -- 2.1.4Vulnerability and Hospitality -- 2.2Home in Cultural and Political Contexts -- 2.2.1Heimat -- 2.2.2Swiss Migration Policy and Home -- 2.3Religious Threads of Home and Migration -- 2.3.1Home and Judaism -- 2.3.2Home in Islam -- 2.3.3Home in Christianity -- 2.4Engaging Home and Migration -- 3. Migration and Asylum‐Seeking in Switzerland -- 3.1The Context of Basel -- 3.2Migration Data -- 3.3Seeking Asylum in Switzerland -- 3.4The Asylum Process -- 3.5Swiss Citizenship -- 3.6Migration and Integration -- 3.7Home and Asylum‐Seeking -- 4. The Offene Kirche Elisabethen: History, Theology, and Context -- 4.1The Elisabethenkirche in Basel -- 4.1.1The Founding of the Offene Kirche Elisabethen -- 4.1.2The City Church Movement -- 4.2The Offene Kirche Elisabethen Today -- 4.2.1Membership at the OKE -- 4.2.2Openness -- 4.2.3Convivence -- 4.3Projekt DA‑SEIN -- 4.4An Open Church in Basel -- 5. Considerations on Research with Asylum‐Seekers -- 5.1Research in the Context of Migration -- 5.2Participant Observation -- 5.3Interviews -- 5.3.1Building Relationships -- 5.3.2Saying Yes -- 5.3.3Saying No -- 5.3.4Refusal and Agency -- 5.3.5Interview Scheduling -- 5.3.6Interview Protocols -- 5.3.7Language -- 5.3.8Home and Heimat in Translation -- 5.4Relational Ethnography -- 5.4.1Co‑production of Knowledge. ; 5.4.2Practices of Pastoral Care -- 5.5A Relational Approach to Research -- 6. "A Piece of Home" at Projekt DA‑SEIN -- 6.1Welcome at Projekt DA‑SEIN -- 6.1.1Projekt DA‑SEIN: Motivations -- 6.1.2The Structure of Projekt DA‑SEIN -- 6.1.3Welcome as Openness to Asylum‐Seekers -- 6.1.3.1Volunteers and Openness -- 6.1.3.2Welcome as Affective Experiences -- 6.1.3.3Seasonal Festivals -- 6.1.4Program Leadership -- 6.1.5Program Volunteers and Welcome -- 6.2Ambivalence and "Being There" -- 6.3Helping at Projekt DA‑SEIN -- 6.3.1Customs and Practices -- 6.3.1.1Input Sessions -- 6.3.1.2A Focus on Integration -- 6.3.2Volunteers and Helping -- 6.3.3Home and Safety -- 6.3.4Learning German at Projekt DA‑SEIN -- 6.4Possibilities and Limitations of a Relational Home -- 7. The Place of Home -- 7.1The Location of Home -- 7.1.1Fuss Fassen -- 7.1.2Citizenship as a Marker of Home -- 7.1.3The Resources of Home -- 7.2Possibilities of Home in Switzerland -- 7.3Language and Home -- 7.4Relationships and Home -- 7.4.1Separation from Family -- 7.4.2Mother as Home -- 7.4.3Community as Home -- 7.4.4Complicated Relationships -- 7.5The Absence of Home -- 7.5.1Affective Dimensions of Nostalgia and Pride -- 7.5.2(Mis)remembering Home -- 7.6The Shifting Place of Home -- 8. Home and Agency -- 8.1Relational Agency -- 8.2Waiting -- 8.2.1Separating from Home -- 8.2.2Learning German -- 8.3Familiarity -- 8.3.1Bringing Practices from Home to Basel -- 8.3.2Creating Familiar Places in Basel -- 8.3.2.1The Rhine River -- 8.3.2.2Interviews -- 8.3.2.3Tactics -- 8.3.3Agency and Helping -- 8.4Creating Home -- 9. Conclusion: Contested Home -- 9.1Engaging in the Public Sphere -- 9.2Theological Engagements with a Contested Home -- 9.2.1Disrupting Isolation -- 9.2.2Grieving and Remembering -- 9.2.3Shared Vulnerability -- 9.3De‑heimatizing Belonging -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: Katherine Kunz's 'Contested Home' explores the complex intersections of migration, religion, and belonging, with a focus on Switzerland's social and political landscape. Drawing on ethnographic research and practical theology, Kunz examines the experiences of asylum-seekers, the challenges of integration, and the role of religious communities in creating spaces of support and agency. The book emphasizes themes of home, relationality, and cultural identity, providing insights into the disparities faced by migrants compared to privileged individuals navigating the same systems. Intended for scholars, theologians, and policymakers, the work aims to foster understanding and engagement with migration and theological practices in dynamic contexts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contested Home
• ISBN: 3-8394-0072-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996670858603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno