| A Human Touch Across the Hall Contributor(s): Bo, Nina (Author) |
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ISBN: 3843363323 ISBN-13: 9783843363327 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $50.27 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 6" W x 9" (0.39 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study offers an insight to volunteers who practice voluntary activities at a reception centre for refugees in the outskirts of Oslo. An analysis of interaction, perceptions and expectations depicts what motivates and creates meaning in the relationship between volunteers and refugees from the former's point of view. This is addressed in light of what the voluntary role consists of through demands of distance and desires of closeness - a duality which become a relevant approach as the participant observations and interviews reveal how the volunteers experience being pulled in two directions. The volunteers want to create close relations, but find certain limitations in the contextual frame when meeting with the refugees. |