On Becoming an Artist Anew: Refugees’ Arrival in the Field of Cultural Production in Austria

This article focuses on how artists who had to flee Syria between 2011 and 2016 have restarted their artistic careers in Austria. Pries’ concept of arrival and Lamont’s symbolic boundary approach offer an analytical framework for examining the process of becoming an artist anew. By drawing on data c...

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Published in:Journal of refugee studies 2024-03, Vol.37 (1), p.97-116
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