Uncertain futures
Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12645751 |
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| Authors | Samuel Parker (0000-0002-5111-920X, Birmingham City University, corresponding author), Deborah Earnshaw (0000-0003-3093-1861, Birmingham City University), E S M Penn (Birmingham City University), Emma Penn, Roshni Kumari (0009-0008-7522-3336, Birmingham City University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 545-556 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1443-9883 • E-ISSN: 1448-0980 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/qrj-11-2022-0145 |
| OpenAlex | W4381737837 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
Purpose In recent years the movement of refugees has led to increasing negative media and political discourse about migration in the United Kingdom, particularly as the number of refugees crossing the English Channel has increased. Despite this hostility, little is known about how the UK public perceive the journeys made by refugees or the refugees themselves. Design/methodology/approach In this study the authors used a story completion method to analyse perceptions and understandings of refugees. Participants were given the opening of a story about refugees crossing the English Channel and were asked to complete the remainder of the story. In total, 84 participants completed stories that ranged in length from two to 423 words. The stories were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings Each of the completed stories was analysed using reflexive thematic analysis and three themes were generated: Conflicting emotions: Uncertainty and the relief of reaching safety after a traumatic journey; The spectre of illegality: Borders and the uncertainty of what happens next; and Welcome or unwelcome?: Cultural values of welcome and hospitality. Originality/value The authors argue that this original use of the story completion method highlights how participants draw on cultural narratives of hospitality and welcome and that their stories are constructed using emotional categories that are in contrast to the more binary constructions of refugees that are present in media and government discourse about refugees and the English Channel crossings
Hospitality · Linguistics · Media studies · Narrative · Originality · Perception · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Tourism · Value (mathematics · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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