'Home is like….'
A conversation about poetry and longing for home
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21829172 |
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| Authors | Marcela Piedra Durán (0000-0002-2625-4346, York University), Marcela Duran (0000-0002-0100-8149), Dahabo Ibrahim (York University), Deko Shahow (York University), Mohamed Hajir Siyat (York University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-148 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1916-3460 • E-ISSN: 1916-3460 |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18733/cpi29540 |
| OpenAlex | W3126847502 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This article presents a WhatsApp dialogue between student writers and their teacher discussing the poetry and commentary they wrote during an online course the year before. The students are refugees living in the containment of an UNHCR camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Throughout the dialogue, the longing for a lost home and the cultural relevance and permanence of poetry in their lives as Somalis, are evident
Archaeology · Art · Conversation · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Communication · History · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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