Welcome to the migration seminar!

A Long Journey Home: Losing and Remaking Home following Conflict and Displacement

Speaker

Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia, PhD in Development Studies from the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester

Abstract

Advancing contemporary scholarly debates on the role of home in understanding displacement and emplacement, A Long Journey Home explores the spatiotemporal dynamics between conflict, displacement, and home. Drawing on the experiences of those whose sense of home has been disrupted by decades of conflict and violence in Colombia, this presentation highlights the profound feelings of loss and the enduring struggle of living without a home — an experience that can last for years or even decades. Through these stories, the presentation reveals how internally displaced people use creativity and imagination to remake their homes away from their communities of origin.

Short bio:

Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, where he is currently a Research Fellow. Previously, he held postdoctoral research positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Germany and the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento in Italy. His current research interests include transnational migration, homemaking, and ageing.


Attendance:

This is a hybrid seminar, you are welcome to connect via Zoom or join us at MIM seminar room, floor 9, Niagara, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1. To attend on campus, please gather by the reception area at 13.05.

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