"Sometimes I feel like they look at me the same way I were an alien": Experiences of refugee women in a small town in Iceland (Translated by webmaster)

The study discussed in this article examines the experiences of a small group of women who came to Iceland as quota refugees. They had been forced to leave their homes and had lived in refugee camps, before they were resettled in a small town in Iceland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to...

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Main Authors: Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís, Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: School of Social Sciences 2017
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3781 2023-11-12T04:19:11+01:00 "Sometimes I feel like they look at me the same way I were an alien": Experiences of refugee women in a small town in Iceland (Translated by webmaster) Stundum finnst mér þeir horfa á mig eins og ég sé geimvera: Upplifun flóttakvenna í litlu bæjarfélagi á Íslandi Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S. 2017-08-22 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3781 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3781/2361 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3781 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2017): Issue of 2017; 67-80 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 8 Nr. 1 (2017): Árshefti 2017; 67-80 Samþætting aðlögun tungumál konur flóttafólk Integration adaptation language women refugees info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2017 fticelandunivojs 2023-10-18T22:54:54Z The study discussed in this article examines the experiences of a small group of women who came to Iceland as quota refugees. They had been forced to leave their homes and had lived in refugee camps, before they were resettled in a small town in Iceland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore their lived experiences of adaptation of integration in their new home, after experiencing years of hardship in country of origin. Four main themes emerged from this study: Receptivity of receiving society, learning Icelandic, gender roles here and there and social ties. The main results indicate that the integration process was difficult; that communication between the women and natives was limited and that the natives did not show much interest in getting to know the women. A more detailed analysis revealed that although the women had found security in the town and had become friends with other refugees and a few other individuals, which made them feel a sense of belonging, they felt isolated from Icelandic society. Rannsóknin sem þessi grein byggir á fjallar um reynslu og upplifun flóttakvenna sem voru nauðbeygðar til að yfirgefa heimili sín, búa í flóttamannabúðum og flytja í lítið bæjarfélag á Íslandi. Rannsóknin varpar ljósi á hvernig konurnar upplifðu sig eftir miklar hremmingar í eigin landi, velgengni þeirra og erfiðleika við að hefja nýtt líf á Íslandi. Tekin voru hálfopin viðtöl til að skoða reynslu þessara flóttakvenna og upplifun þeirra af því að aðlagast nýju landi. Fjögur þemu spruttu upp úr gögnunum: Móttækileiki nærsamfélagsins, að læra íslensku, kynjahlutverk hér og þar og félagsleg tengsl. Helstu niðurstöður eru að aðlögun kvennanna að samfélaginu var erfið þar sem samskiptin milli þeirra og innfæddra voru takmörkuð og konunum fannst lítill áhugi meðal innfæddra á að kynnast þeim. Nánari greining á þessum þemum leiddi í ljós að þrátt fyrir að hafa fundið öryggi í bæjarfélaginu og myndað þar tengsl við aðrar flóttakonur auk nokkurra annarra einstaklinga, sem gerði þeim kleift að líða eins ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals
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topic Samþætting
aðlögun
tungumál
konur
flóttafólk
Integration
adaptation
language
women
refugees
spellingShingle Samþætting
aðlögun
tungumál
konur
flóttafólk
Integration
adaptation
language
women
refugees
Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís
Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S.
"Sometimes I feel like they look at me the same way I were an alien": Experiences of refugee women in a small town in Iceland (Translated by webmaster)
topic_facet Samþætting
aðlögun
tungumál
konur
flóttafólk
Integration
adaptation
language
women
refugees
description The study discussed in this article examines the experiences of a small group of women who came to Iceland as quota refugees. They had been forced to leave their homes and had lived in refugee camps, before they were resettled in a small town in Iceland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore their lived experiences of adaptation of integration in their new home, after experiencing years of hardship in country of origin. Four main themes emerged from this study: Receptivity of receiving society, learning Icelandic, gender roles here and there and social ties. The main results indicate that the integration process was difficult; that communication between the women and natives was limited and that the natives did not show much interest in getting to know the women. A more detailed analysis revealed that although the women had found security in the town and had become friends with other refugees and a few other individuals, which made them feel a sense of belonging, they felt isolated from Icelandic society. Rannsóknin sem þessi grein byggir á fjallar um reynslu og upplifun flóttakvenna sem voru nauðbeygðar til að yfirgefa heimili sín, búa í flóttamannabúðum og flytja í lítið bæjarfélag á Íslandi. Rannsóknin varpar ljósi á hvernig konurnar upplifðu sig eftir miklar hremmingar í eigin landi, velgengni þeirra og erfiðleika við að hefja nýtt líf á Íslandi. Tekin voru hálfopin viðtöl til að skoða reynslu þessara flóttakvenna og upplifun þeirra af því að aðlagast nýju landi. Fjögur þemu spruttu upp úr gögnunum: Móttækileiki nærsamfélagsins, að læra íslensku, kynjahlutverk hér og þar og félagsleg tengsl. Helstu niðurstöður eru að aðlögun kvennanna að samfélaginu var erfið þar sem samskiptin milli þeirra og innfæddra voru takmörkuð og konunum fannst lítill áhugi meðal innfæddra á að kynnast þeim. Nánari greining á þessum þemum leiddi í ljós að þrátt fyrir að hafa fundið öryggi í bæjarfélaginu og myndað þar tengsl við aðrar flóttakonur auk nokkurra annarra einstaklinga, sem gerði þeim kleift að líða eins ...
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author Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís
Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S.
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Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S.
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title "Sometimes I feel like they look at me the same way I were an alien": Experiences of refugee women in a small town in Iceland (Translated by webmaster)
title_short "Sometimes I feel like they look at me the same way I were an alien": Experiences of refugee women in a small town in Iceland (Translated by webmaster)
title_full "Sometimes I feel like they look at me the same way I were an alien": Experiences of refugee women in a small town in Iceland (Translated by webmaster)
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publisher School of Social Sciences
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op_source The Icelandic Society; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2017): Issue of 2017; 67-80
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