Picturing Settlement Experiences: Immigrant Women’s Senses of Comfortable and Uncomfortable Places in a Small Urban Center in Canada

Chai, Choon-Lee

doi:10.1007/s12134-021-00903-4

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“…What is the difference between the parks for immigrants? On site [77] What are the comfortable or uncomfortable places experienced by immigrant women in Red Deer as they settled in and settled down? What do immigrant women's senses of comfortable and uncomfortable places indicate about their settlement needs, and how can these needs be better satisfied?…”

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“…[12] classified in-depth interviews, think-aloud protocols, verbal reports, sets of sentences with different meanings rated by participants, and free association tasks as verbal methods, and taking photographs and drawing as pictorial methods. In addition, based on the classifications in [12], this review also considered on-site interviews (e.g., [1,4,62,73,78]), walking voices (e.g., [68,69]), photo voice (e.g., [77]), and walking interviews (e.g., [64]) as combined verbal and pictorial methods. Moreover, taking pictures (e.g., [1]), drawings (e.g., [70]), observation (e.g., [71]), probe (e.g., [80]), and cognitive mapping (e.g., [59]) mixed with verbal methods were also included in the combined verbal and pictorial categories.…”

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“…[75] Korea, Guatemala, Mexico, EL Salvador, Bangladesh, Thailand, Armenia, and other Canada [76] Different countries (not specified) [77] Different countries (not specified)…”

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“…For instance, seven articles chose natural environments [57,58,60,70,73,74,80] since they affect social activities, leisure, well-being, and place attachment. Moreover, ten papers [62,63,66,68,69,71,[75][76][77]81] studied public places in specific cities or neighbourhoods due to the availability of immigrants in these locations. Three articles [1,4,79] identified and studied public open spaces mainly used by immigrants.…”

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“…Some features could be categorized into different dimensions, so it was essential to review the context in which the feature is used to classify it correctly. For example, 'feel at home' can sometimes be interpreted as 'place identity' [64,74] or as 'place affect' [73,77].…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Applied Methods for Assessing the Effects of Public Open Spaces on Immigrants’ Place Attachment

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Moving to a new country is often combined with issues such as stress and a sense of loss that affect the overall well-being of immigrants. Furthermore, immigrants have not yet developed strong attachments to the country and, more specifically, to the places in which they will settle. Researchers have already discussed the role of the built environment for well-being and the sense of belonging and attachment it can provide, specifically through public open spaces, such as parks, squares, etc. These problems are worldwide, and the World Health Organization (WHO) also recommends creating public places that improve human health, well-being, and social inclusion. Moreover, at local levels, designers and urbanists must understand how to evaluate the relationship between immigrants’ place attachment and public places in order to improve the design of these places. Consequently, this study reviewed methods used to understand the effects of public open spaces on immigrants’ attachment. A systematic quantitative literature review was conducted, and a total of 26 articles were extracted relating to immigrants’ place attachment and public open spaces. Research locations, participants’ nationalities, the types of public open spaces, the methods applied, and place attachment evaluations were retrieved from the articles and analysed. The results show that evaluating immigrants’ place attachment presents many challenges, and there is no consensus on what approaches are best practices. However, qualitative methods were most applied in human–environment interactions, and immigrants’ place attachments were primarily assessed based on their social bonds in public open spaces. To conclude, a framework was designed to understand how immigrants’ place attachment was evaluated in the reviewed literature, and the dimensions of place attachment were defined.

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“…[75] Korea, Guatemala, Mexico, EL Salvador, Bangladesh, Thailand, Armenia, and other Canada [76] Different countries (not specified) [77] Different countries (not specified)…”

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2023

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There is a growing trend towards a feminization of migration which calls for an urgent intersectional analysis in migration and integration research. Migrant women are exposed to numerous barriers that make difficult to participate in host communities due to the intersections between their gender, ethnicity, migratory status, etc. These barriers range from structural to daily discrimination in the shape of sexism and racism, particularly for women from regions further south of Africa. Undertaken in collaboration with a local NGO in Southern Spain, this study aims to approach African migrant women’s experiences and to promote agency and participation in host communities. It was framed in Feminist Participatory Action-Research (FPAR) based on photovoice. The participants (n = 15) generated and shared photo-narratives about their daily experiences during five sessions that were participatively analyzed, classified into four themes as follows: (1) migratory projects; (2) violence and discrimination; (3) health and social care; and (4) to be and resist as an African migrant woman. Photovoice was valued as a safe, non-hierarchical, and caring environment that promoted agency in participants and reflexivity in researchers. Our results highlight the importance and necessity on undertaking FPAR in collaboration with social organizations for emancipatory research praxis and put the emphasis on photovoice as a transformational method.

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Picturing Settlement Experiences: Immigrant Women’s Senses of Comfortable and Uncomfortable Places in a Small Urban Center in Canada

Cited by 7 publications

References 84 publications

A Systematic Literature Review of Applied Methods for Assessing the Effects of Public Open Spaces on Immigrants’ Place Attachment

A Systematic Literature Review of Applied Methods for Assessing the Effects of Public Open Spaces on Immigrants’ Place Attachment

“Ain’t I a Woman?”: Feminist Participatory Action-Research with African Migrant Women Living in Spain

Migration and wellbeing in and of place

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