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type: thesis
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creators_name: Vries, I. de
title: Making a temporary home in Berlin: a study of experiences and perceptions of international students
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full_text_status: public
abstract: Studying abroad involves engaging with a new, unfamiliar, social and physical environment. To feel comfortable in such a situation, home-making practices are employed. This research examines home-making practices of international students in Berlin. These were captured by a photo-elicitation and in-depth interview method. They show that a sense of home is evoked by both social and territorial behaviour. This behaviour is especially focused on maintaining bonds with the previous environment and/or establishing bonds with the new environment. Further, the research explores how a temporary stay influences the engagement in the home-making process, and how home matters when temporary living abroad. As such, it provides insight into how attachment to place evolves through temporary living abroad.
date: 2011
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: RS
tutors_name: Hoven, dr. B. van
keywords_local: home-making,
keywords_local: home,
keywords_local: Berlin,
keywords_local: international students,
keywords_local: place attachment,
keywords_local: mobility
language_iso: en
titleorder: Making a temporary home in Berlin: a study of experiences and perceptions of international students
dbi: 4e8aec30d1618
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2011-01-01
citation:   Vries, I. de  (2011) Making a temporary home in Berlin: a study of experiences and perceptions of international students.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/231/1/home-makingBerlin.pdf