 Narrative Structures Constructed AroundEdith Natukunda - Togboa International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2014, vol. 4, issue 6, 767-778 Abstract: A comparative qualitative study was conducted on Identity, Culture and Conflict in refugee (Oruchinga Valley Western Uganda) and returnee communities (Gulu, Northern Uganda) in 2009/10. This was an in- depth investigation into the “returning home process” using personal narratives of respondents to scan the socio-economic conditions of refugees and returnees and analyse their struggle with issues of identity reconstruction within the transitory post conflict period. The study was aimed at comparing the cross-border refugee and internally displaced returnees’ identity perspectives. It was to confirm whether the socio-economic measures taken to settle returnees are adequate and inducing peace or inadequate and tipping power relations in the community and increasing the risk of re-kindling hostilities. The study therefore traced the social implications of “returning home” and the patterns of adaptation, re-integration and rejection in the host community. Most interesting is the study’s linguistic analysis of the refugees and returnees conflict narrative structures using Reissman’s analysis of their discourse system. Keywords: Cross-border refugees; Returnees; Returning home process; Host community; Narrative structures. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:asi:ijoass:v:4:y:2014:i:6:p:767-778:id:2676 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Asian Social Science from Asian Economic and Social Society |
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