Kinship Constellations in the Narratives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Norway
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 7474063 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Gunika Rishi (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Volumen | 16 |
| Número | 1 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-01-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Nordic Journal of Migration Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1799-649X • E-ISSN: 1799-649X |
| Editorial | Helsinki University Press (PUBLISHER • FI) |
| DOI | 10.33134/njmr.959 |
| OpenAlex | W7125169160 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 29 |
Kinship emerges as a constellation of relational ties for young adults who arrive in Norway as unaccompanied refugee minors, shaped by migration, separation, and the uneven terrain of family reunification. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork and narrative interviews with 14 young adults, the article presents three scenes that show how kinship is reconfigured through chosen networks, diasporic connections, and enduring family ties. Chosen kinship appears in relationships with peers, caregivers, and trusted adults who become anchors of continuity in uncertain environments, while diasporic networks develop through shared histories, linguistic and regional ties, and community spaces. Familial relationships persist but are marked by separation, shifting responsibilities, and care that unfolds transnationally, showing that the young adults’ biological ties are also remade throughout their migration journey. Across these scenes, kinship appears as a dynamic terrain shaped by institutional constraints, affective longings, and the everyday labour of creating and sustaining ties in a new social landscape. The findings call attention to how rigid, legally defined models of family fail to recognise the lived realities and social worlds of the young adults and underscore the need for migration policies that recognize the relational constellations the young adults build for themselves
Constellation · Ethnography · Kinship · Narrative · Refugee · Transnationalism · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Kinship Studies in Late Twentieth-Century Anthropology
Making Up For Lost Time
Landing in a rural village
Recognition in the lives of unaccompanied children and youth
Es Como Que no los Conociera”
Reconceptualizing family reunification from a youth mobilities perspective
Kinship at the intersection of lineage and linguistics
The child's – or the state's – best interests? An examination of the ways immigration officials work with unaccompanied asylum seeking minors in Norway
Kinship as fiction
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Ambivalent recognition
On the reconstruction of family life and ‘institutional forms of parentification
Introduction to the Special Issue
Family and Family-Like Relations for Transnational Migrants
Semi-legal family life
A Feminist and Decolonial Approach to Kinship
The concept of diaspora as an analytical tool in the study of refugee communities
From asylum seekers to kin
Contesting categories
Life Story Talk
Imagining and living new worlds
Migration, mobility and the dynamics of kinship
Ethnography and the Book that was Lost
Kinning
Unaccompanied' Minors? Accompanied Foreign Minors, Families and New Technologies
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |