Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free: Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Margaret Sarkissian ◽  
Adelaida Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Experience ◽  
Vietnamese Refugee

scholarly journals Vietnamese refugees in Britain: Language, translation, and the politics of protection in camp life and beyond

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69
Author(s):  
Rebecca Tipton ◽  
Annabelle Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
Language Translation ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
Language Support ◽  
Camp Life ◽  
Refugee Experience ◽  
Vietnamese Refugee

Through the lens of assemblage thinking and “territorialisation,” this article examines the operationalisation of language support by the voluntary sector in the Thorney Island and Sopley camps, which temporarily accommodated Vietnamese refugee arrivals in Britain in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Drawing on archival sources, the role and agency of interpreters are foregrounded in an analysis of the relationships between the materiality of the camps, camp practices, and their impact on refugee experience. A post-camp initiative to train refugees as parasocial workers (a role that included interpreting) reveals a more person-centred approach, in contrast to what we have termed a solutionist approach to interpreting observed in the camps.

Community Structure and Vietnamese Refugee Adaptation: The Significance of Context

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D. Starr ◽  
Alden E. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
Refugee Experience ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Vietnamese Refugee

This article examines the significance of understanding the refugee experience as a product of the relationship between individual refugees and the larger social context or environment. It suggests that studies focusing upon such relationships, linking both micro and macrolevel data, could provide useful insights about refugee adaptation in varied contexts. To illustrate the usefulness of such an approach, an analysis of the effects of community structure upon the adjustment of a sample of Vietnamese refugees in America is presented.

Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free: Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Barbara B. Smith ◽  
Adelaida Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Experience ◽  
Vietnamese Refugee
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