Author: Aida Ibričević
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Returns of retirement: The Gastarbeiter reflect on working abroad to retire at home
Although “returns of retirement” have been recognised as a distinct category of return migration as early as Cerase (1974), and identified as lying on the intersection of two highly important phenomena: ageing and migration (King, Cela, and Fokkema, 2021), “retirement return migration” has not yet received the full attention it deserves (Ciobanu & Ramos, 2016).…
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A new beginning
At a time of horrendous political events, in a world disfigured by deep pain and unimaginable suffering, it feels odd to be writing about a new research project investigating creative alternatives to the existing status quo. Yet, here we are. Thursday and Friday last week In Brussels were packed with presentations and discussions looking at…
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Migration and Time
Reflecting on this year’s IMISCOE conference and the role of time in understanding migration. After three years of strictly online conferencing, one of the largest international networks for migration research convened in Oslo (in-person and online) around the theme of temporalities in migration studies. This year’s IMISCOE conference offered a chance to reconnect with migration…
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BiH Diasporic Conference: Organizovanje dijaspore nove generacije
“Sjećam se da smo moja sestra Tea i ja odlazile sa roditeljima na događaje bh. dijaspore organizovane u Čikagu i da je tu bilo veoma malo ljudi naših godina, vrlo malo onih sa kojima smo mogle razgovarati. Još jedna redovna učesnica je bila i Nura Eston iz Toronta, Kanade. Međutim, bile smo sigurne da nismo…
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Bosanski St. Louis: Između dva svijeta
Od Patricka McCarthyja, autora knjige After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis (2000), u koautorstvu sa Akifom Cogom najesen stiže nova knjige o bosanskohercegovačkoj dijasporskoj zajednici u St. Louisu. U ovom razgovoru, Patrick McCarthy kazuje o nastanku knjige Bosnian St. Louis: Between Two Worlds, kao i o njenoj važnosti za dokumentovanje života bh. dijaspore u SAD-u. Inspiracija za…