A Homesick world: An Exploration of the Concept of Home and the Quest for Belonging in an Unfamiliar Land

Samavaki, Seyede Mitra

A Homesick world: An Exploration of the Concept of Home and the Quest for Belonging in an Unfamiliar Land

dc.contributor.advisor	Schwartz, Dona
dc.contributor.author	Samavaki, Seyede Mitra
dc.contributor.committeemember	McCoy, Liza
dc.contributor.committeemember	Rudd, Annie
dc.date	2023-11
dc.date.accessioned	2023-09-20T17:46:32Z
dc.date.available	2023-09-20T17:46:32Z
dc.date.issued	2023-09-12
dc.description.abstract	This research-creation is a photographic exploration of the concept of home and belonging for immigrants. Drawing on my personal experience as a photographer and an immigrant, I have shed light on my sense of homesickness and the loss of my sense of belonging in order to signify immigrants’ struggle in finding a place they can call home. This research paper is centered on the theories of “liminality,” the uncertain state of being in-between, of being neither here nor there, to discuss the transitional phase of separation from one’s homeland and integration into the new land. This liminality is a widespread experience in our modern era as mobility, immigration and separation from one’s home and the sense of being home is on the rise. I argue that photography is a therapeutic tool to overcome the lost sense of belonging as it helps me as an immigrant to contemplate on my transitional phase of life and gives me the opportunity to create bonds and connections with a lost home.
dc.identifier.citation	Samavaki, S. M. (2023). A homesick world: an exploration of the concept of home and the quest for belonging in an unfamiliar land (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/117122
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/41964
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject	Immigration
dc.subject	Sense of belonging
dc.subject	Liminality
dc.subject	Photography
dc.subject	Homecoming
dc.subject	Memory
dc.subject	Home
dc.subject	Immigrant
dc.subject.classification	Fine Arts
dc.subject.classification	Education--Art
dc.subject.classification	Biography
dc.title	A Homesick world: An Exploration of the Concept of Home and the Quest for Belonging in an Unfamiliar Land
dc.type	master thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Art
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudent	I do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.