TY - CHAP
T1 - Caring for the Homeland from a Distance: The Armenian Diaspora in Vienna and Transnational Engagements
AU - Paredes Grijalva, Daniela
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The Armenian diaspora, one of the oldest and largest in the world, engages in different ways with the homeland. Following global trends, the Armenian state reaches out to diasporas across the globe for social, political and economic participation to contribute to the development of the country. At the same time, individuals and community associations establish particular networks and arrangements to do their share of caring for the homeland. Ethnographic fieldwork in Vienna revealed two major trends: while Western Armenians donate for, volunteer for or cooperate with the state or institutions, whereas Eastern Armenians send financial and social remittances directly to kin.
AB - The Armenian diaspora, one of the oldest and largest in the world, engages in different ways with the homeland. Following global trends, the Armenian state reaches out to diasporas across the globe for social, political and economic participation to contribute to the development of the country. At the same time, individuals and community associations establish particular networks and arrangements to do their share of caring for the homeland. Ethnographic fieldwork in Vienna revealed two major trends: while Western Armenians donate for, volunteer for or cooperate with the state or institutions, whereas Eastern Armenians send financial and social remittances directly to kin.
M3 - Chapter
T3 - Austrian studies in social anthropology : Online-Journal des Vereins der Absolventinnen und Absolventen des Instituts für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
SP - 85
EP - 96
BT - Migration and its impact on Armenia
A2 - Rasuly-Paleczek, Gabriele
A2 - Six-Hohenbalken, Maria
PB - Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology
CY - Vienna
ER -