Afghan-Hazara Migration and Relocation in a Globalised Australia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3544700
AutoresAidan Parkes (0000-0001-8800-9349, Australian National University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume11
Fascículo12
Páginas670
Data de publicação2020-12-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel11120670
OpenAlexW3112744005
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas18

This study examines a set of unique isolated lived-experiences to offer some general observations concerning Afghan-Hazara migration, relocation, and individuation in Australia. Culture may have the appearance of immutability. However, like any social formation, it is produced, reproduced, and contested through time. Everyone is an individual, and while we speak of the impact and culture, lived-experience is very different. People always have choices they can make about what lessons they might derive from experiences. If one faces discrimination within the realm of the state, which is historically well documented where Hazaras are concerned, one begins looking for alternative pathways to advancement. These include personalised networks in religious communities, education, and business entrepreneurship. The study analyses the fluid nature of belief systems, and the multiplicity of ways lived-experience shapes individuation and reshapes identity through pathways to advancement in a globalising Australia

Aesthetics · Afghan · Immutability · Individuation · Political economy · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Realm · Relocation · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology