Þörfin fyrir tengsl við uppruna sinn: Afkomendur flóttamanna frá Víetnam

• Main Authors: Tran, Anh Dao, Harðarson, Atli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Félagsfræðingafélag Íslands 2024
• Subjects: Afkomendur flóttamanna frá Víetnam; Fjölmenning; Sjálfsþekking; Þekking á máli og menningu í Víetnam; Descendants of refugees from Vietnam; Multiculturalism; Self-knowledge; Knowledge of Vietnamese language and culture; Dewey; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3999

In 1979, 34 South Vietnamese refugees came to Iceland after having fled the North Vietnamese communists who seized power in the country. The data of this research was drawn from interviews with eleven participants who had parents and grandparents among the 34 refugees. The majority of them were raised in Icelandic speaking households. The research seeks to answer the research question: Why is it invaluable for the participants, whose home is Iceland, to have knowledge about the language and cultures of their Vietnamese ancestors? The data was analysed using thematic analysis underpinned by Bhikhu Parekh’s theory on multiculturalism and Dewey’s writings about self-control and the social construction of the self. The main findings disclosed that the participants felt a strong desire to learn and know the Vietnamese language and culture. Confucianism partly influenced the family culture they grew up in, emphasising respect for the elders in the family, a sense of duty, and a high value for education. Their need for knowledge of Vietnamese culture is, therefore, a need for self-knowledge and the ability to evaluate and reflect critically on their habits in order to evaluate them, adapt to circumstances, and have control over their own lives. Árið 1979 komu 34 flóttamenn frá Suður-Víetnam til Íslands. Þeir höfðu flúið eftir að kommúnistar frá Norður-Víetnam náðu völdum í landinu. Í rannsókninni sem þessi grein byggir á voru tekin viðtöl við ellefu einstaklinga sem eiga foreldri, afa eða ömmu úr þessum 34 manna hópi. Viðmælendur ólust flestir upp við að tala einungis íslensku og rannsóknarspurningin sem leitað er svara við er hvers vegna það er viðmælendum sem eiga heima á Íslandi mikils virði að þekkja tungumál og menningu víetnamskra forfeðra og formæðra? Unnið var úr viðtölunum með þemagreiningu og niðurstöður voru túlkaðar í ljósi kenninga Bhikhu Parekh um fjölmenningu og skrifa John Dewey um sjálfsstjórn og félagslega tilurð sjálfsins. Megin niðurstöður rannsóknarinnar eru að viðmælendur segjast finna fyrir ...