Religious obligations to travel: first-generation Pakistani migrants from Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Sattar, Zeibeda; Hannam, Kevin; Ali, Nazia

doi:10.1080/14766825.2013.795963

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“…However, little attention has been paid to domestic tourism within countries of settlement (although, see Sattar, Hannam, & Ali, 2013). As we have already suggested, some diasporic populations may not want or be able to return to their homeland (see McMichael & Ahmed, 2003;Moghissi, 1999).…”

Section: Diaspora Tourism and Identitymentioning

confidence: 94%

Anchoring to Identity Through Exploring Another Land: The Iranian Diaspora in New Zealand

Etemaddar¹,

Tucker²,

Duncan³

2015

Tourism Culture & Communication

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Diasporas' travel back to their original home country has often been regarded as one of the main strategies diasporas employ to maintain their cultural ties with home, as well as to (re)connect with their identity. Questions remain, however, as to how these cultural and emotional needs are met by diaspora populations who, for many reasons, either temporarily or permanently, are not able to travel back to their original homeland. Based on a qualitative study of a multiday domestic trip undertaken by a group of Iranian diaspora living in Dunedin, New Zealand, this article illustrates how an Iranian community in New Zealand (re)connects with their identity and culture through domestic tourism within their country of settlement. The study shows how this group utilizes their sense of being together through the cultural milieu within a trip that allows for a process of becoming in a new place. This article therefore offers alternative ways to understand identity maintenance for those in diaspora and, in so doing, challenges current dominant understandings of "diaspora tourism," which tend to limit ideas of identity within diaspora to certain forms of travel back to countries of origin.

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Section: Diaspora Tourism and Identitymentioning

confidence: 94%

Anchoring to Identity Through Exploring Another Land: The Iranian Diaspora in New Zealand

Etemaddar¹,

Tucker²,

Duncan³

2015

Tourism Culture & Communication

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“…From a social science perspective, these arguments highlight the need for an empirical analysis that seeks to determine how both culture and setting affect the relationship between immigrant-hosts and VRs. Sattar et al (2013) recommend investigating succeeding generations of immigrants to comprehend their identities and their sense of obligation to travel. A study that examines issues raised by these authors – namely, culture and the role of immigrants within the context of VFR – would promote a better understanding of host-guest social interaction.…”

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Host-guest interactions between first-generation immigrants and their visiting relatives: social exchange, relations of care and travel

Capistrano

Weaver

2017

IJCTHR

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the social interactions between Filipino immigrant-hosts residing in New Zealand and their visiting relatives (VRs) or guests from the Philippines using social exchange theory to understand their experiences. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative, multi-sited study used in-depth interviews to examine social interactions between Filipino immigrant-host families in New Zealand and their respective visiting relatives from the Philippines. Findings Hosting VRs reflects aspects of social exchange theory, and the interdependence and familial obligations related to VR travel demonstrate mutual relations of care. Maintaining relations of care within the family is an ongoing process involving intergenerational relationships that bind together immigrant-host families and their VRs. Research limitations/implications The conceptualization of the social interactions between immigrants-hosts and VRs is not generalizable owing to the small sample size and lack of representativeness. However, despite a small sample, this qualitative inquiry uncovered a series of personal meanings and understandings attached to the maintenance of familial bonds. Practical implications As immigrant-receiving countries become more culturally diverse through migration, research about other cultures will assist tourism planners in understanding the values and actions of a more varied array of residents. A better understanding of travel experiences and interactions between immigrants and their guests may provide marketers with insights into host-guest dynamics within a VR context, thus potentially enabling tourism marketers to create better marketing campaigns. Social implications Future studies may be undertaken from non-Western and Western perspectives that examine the social interactions between hosts and guests in the context of VR travel. Very little research has been conducted that addresses the meanings and understandings attached to these interactions from the perspectives of both hosting and visiting groups. This research highlights the importance of families in tourism, a contrast with the relative blindness of tourism scholarship toward relations of domesticity and sociality. Originality/value What separates the social interactions between family members in the context of visiting friends and relatives travel from the traditional host-guest paradigm is that it does not involve strangers. This study uses social exchange theory to examine social interactions between hosts and guests who are familiar with each other.

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“…There is movement of older and younger respondents within the neighbourhood where informants live, between different cities in the country of residence as visits are made to homes of friends and relatives prior to the departure or following the return of the traveller, and also international cross-border mobility. Thus, migrant communities as emphasised by Phillips and Robinson (2015) are geographical entities of localised social encounters that are experienced in different ways depending on gender, ethnicity, age, and migrant status (also see Sattar et al, 2013, for visiting friends and relatives travel mobilities as a localised practice among older Pakistani migrants in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England). The research informants stressed the importance of informing friends and relatives about forthcoming trips to Pakistan, thus prompting family and non-family members to purchase gifts and gather at the home of the 6 of 9…”

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(Im)Mobilities of Older Pakistani Female Migrants and Material Culture: a Multigenerational Perspective on Gift‐Giving

Ali

Suleman

2017

Population Space and Place

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The purpose of the paper is to discuss, from a multigenerational perspective, the (im)mobilities of older Pakistani women migrants in the UK and the material culture of gift‐giving, which moves with (and without) them to and from the ancestral homeland of Pakistan. A multigenerational perspective allows us to comprehend the collective importance of the mobilities of older Pakistani female migrants in upholding the culturally significant ritualistic custom of gift‐giving. The research is situated within the theoretical context of the ‘New Mobilities Paradigm’ to understand the mobility patterns of older migrants and the mobilisation of material culture. We find that the process of coordinating and exchanging gifts leads to a great deal of physical mobility, within localities and national spaces, but also internationally across different diasporic locations. In doing so, older Pakistani women migrants perform an important role as ‘gift agents’ in the host and home countries, assuring their own social status as well as that of their families. Importantly, the resulting mobility of older Pakistani women empowers their less mobile peers to also participate in gift‐giving. This paper concludes by extending the concept of ‘mobility practices’ to include the mobility of gifts as a practice, which can compensate for physical immobility in older age due to ill‐health, fragility, or other factors. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Religious obligations to travel: first-generation Pakistani migrants from Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Anchoring to Identity Through Exploring Another Land: The Iranian Diaspora in New Zealand

Anchoring to Identity Through Exploring Another Land: The Iranian Diaspora in New Zealand

Host-guest interactions between first-generation immigrants and their visiting relatives: social exchange, relations of care and travel

(Im)Mobilities of Older Pakistani Female Migrants and Material Culture: a Multigenerational Perspective on Gift‐Giving

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