Alfred Schütz Revisited: Social Exclusion of Refugees in Brandenburg

Autor: Ingmar Zalewski
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Qualitative Sociology Review, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 72-88 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1733-8077
DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.18.2.04
Popis: For refugees, the transition from their home to the host society is especially challenging. In particular, their situation shortly after arrival entails the risk of social exclusion. Based on two case stud­ies, this article reconstructs experiences of exclusion within the integration processes of Cameroonian refugee men and unaccompanied minors in the region of Brandenburg, Germany. What connects the studies are the existential threats of being forced to wait due to having an unclear future and a pattern of being unable to refer to (positive) lived experiences in the local environment. The article approaches these dynamics by applying Alfred Schütz as a helpful analytical heuristic to the findings. The possibil­ities and pitfalls of the deployed Schützean framework are highlighted considering current methodolog­ical developments in the field.
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