Introduction Movement, faith, and home in Muslim communities in the diaspora

Leonardo Schiocchet, Marzia Balzani

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Abstract

Here we introduce a special section that spans this and the next issue of HAU. The articles in the section focus on home and home-making and all that this entails for Muslims who have left their homes or cannot be fully at home in their home places. Across countries and continents, across sects and in different local contexts, with diverse histories of migration, the articles ex-plore what home is and what it entails, as a material place in lived experience and as an imaginary place, often remembered or felt as loss. Home is an ideal underpinned by home-making practices and experiences, and thus by affect, dispositions, and emotions. Thus, home is always structured and embodied, but also a creative and dynamic act of dwelling.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)95-103
Number of pages9
JournalHAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2024

Keywords

  • diaspora
  • faith
  • home
  • home-making
  • Muslims
  • religion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anthropology

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