We All Bantu – We Have Each Other
Preservation of Social Capital Strengths during Forced Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12644372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yda Smith (0000-0003-1960-8027, University of Utah Hospital, corresponding author), Yda J Smith (University of Utah) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-184 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Occupational Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1442-7591 • E-ISSN: 2158-1576 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14427591.2013.786647 |
| OpenAlex | W2158425168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 20 |
Somali Bantu began arriving with refugee status in the United States in 2003, moving into a foreign culture without familial connections to the community and without the financial resources and human capital skills needed to participate effectively in a US context. This resulted in significant challenges for the Bantu and local resettlement agencies. One form of capital they possess within their own communities is social capital. Social capital theories were used to examine to what degree Somali Bantu social capital changed across settings including Somalia, Kenyan refugee camps, and in one US city. Interviews with 11 members of the Somali Bantu community were analyzed in a qualitative study using constructivist grounded theory methods. The results reveal that Somali Bantu social support systems have in some ways remained intact but in other ways have been disrupted by constraints imposed by the environment they now live within. Few are able to bridge to the broader community and are relied on heavily to share their knowledge of American systems. Results provide an example of how social network patterns can influence participation in everyday occupations and how particular occupations based on prior social support systems can be modified to fit within new socio-cultural contexts
Bantu languages · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Kenya · Political science · Refugee · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Somali · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma
Using social research and development methods in artist-mediated workshops with Myanmar refugee women to design a culturally responsive community resettlement center
Finding meaningful occupation in refugees' resettlement
Examining the role of minority community spaces for enabling migrants’ performance of intersectional identities through occupation
Using theory to inform understandings of occupation in a migration context
Finding purpose through altruism
Power geometries of encampment. The reproduction of domination and marginality among Somali refugees in Kakuma
Refugee health and religion
Navigating hidden borderlands
Navigating Marginality Beyond the Shadows
Why Do People Flee? Revisiting Forced Migration in Post-Saddam Baghdad
Social Capital and Poor Communities (Ford Foundation Series on Asset Building)
Negative social capital
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Safe Haven
Unraveling Somalia
Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth
Somali Women and Well-Being
War, Displacement and Productive Occupations in Northern Uganda
The need for belonging
Somali Community Organizations in London and Toronto
Meaning or Measurement? Researching the Social Contexts of Health and Settlement among Newly-arrived Refugee Youth in Melbourne, Australia
Lifelong learning and the social integration of refugees in the UK
A person of two countries’. Life and health in exile
Humiliation Experienced by Somali Refugees in Norway
Bowling Alone
Unraveling Somalia
| Citations per year | 1.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |