Movement to a new place involves not only acts of mobility but also practices of being and becoming in that new place; therefore, the study of interculturalisation requires that we think about how people make themselves ‘at home’ amidst cultural difference. This chapter examines notions of ‘home’ and ‘home-building’ in the context of student mobility; first considering practices in-country, and then relations to the concept of ‘home’ itself. The kind of provisional home-building evident during in-country education is a form of settling distinct from that seen in tourism and also more permanent forms of migration. Examination of students’ ‘home-building’ practices and relations, including those with the material environment, locals, and fellow participants, forges deeper understandings of study abroad and, in particular, its potential to foster intercultural capacities. Utilising Bourdieu’s notion of ‘habitus’, as well as the concept of ‘ontological security’, this chapter explores the relations between past experiences, in-country education, and identity. This analysis also brings into question the extent to which learning to feel more at home in a new place is related to feeling more at home with cultural difference more generally.

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The Accumulation of Homeliness In-country

  • Kate Naidu

摘要

Movement to a new place involves not only acts of mobility but also practices of being and becoming in that new place; therefore, the study of interculturalisation requires that we think about how people make themselves ‘at home’ amidst cultural difference. This chapter examines notions of ‘home’ and ‘home-building’ in the context of student mobility; first considering practices in-country, and then relations to the concept of ‘home’ itself. The kind of provisional home-building evident during in-country education is a form of settling distinct from that seen in tourism and also more permanent forms of migration. Examination of students’ ‘home-building’ practices and relations, including those with the material environment, locals, and fellow participants, forges deeper understandings of study abroad and, in particular, its potential to foster intercultural capacities. Utilising Bourdieu’s notion of ‘habitus’, as well as the concept of ‘ontological security’, this chapter explores the relations between past experiences, in-country education, and identity. This analysis also brings into question the extent to which learning to feel more at home in a new place is related to feeling more at home with cultural difference more generally.