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Diaspora as aesthetic formation: community sports events and the making of a Somali diaspora.

Authors :
Spaaij, Ramón
Broerse, Jora
Source :
Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies; Apr2019, Vol. 45 Issue 5, p752-769, 18p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

This paper uses the concept of aesthetic formation to examine the practices through which diasporic imaginations become tangible and experienced as 'real'. The authors interpret sport as an embodied aesthetic practice through which diasporas materialise, with important implications for identification and belonging. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork on a transnational community-based sports event, the Amsterdam Futsal Tournament, the paper discusses how articulations of Somali diasporism become tangible and embodied in subjects who participate in this event. The authors conclude that these materialisation practices can simultaneously elicit multiple forms and levels of belonging that also foster a sense of integration and belonging to the nation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
DIASPORA
ETHNOLOGY
SPORTS events

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1369183X
Volume :
45
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
134805139
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1427052