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- Title
Emocijų kartografija: subjektyvios lietuvių emigrantų patirtys.
- Authors
GENYS, Dainius
- Abstract
Recent public polls revealed that 56.7% of Lithuanian emigrants (N=1500) felt unneeded in their homeland. Many of them were not only disappointed with their country and therefore decided to leave, but also couldn't find adequate emotional relations with their homeland afterwards. This raises the question: What kind of emotion are prevalent among emigrants? This paper addresses emotions of emigrants with respect to both person-to-person and person-to-state relations. Studies of emotions in Lithuania have only recently started to make their way into a broader discourse of understanding, and there are still no studies on emotions of Lithuanian emigrants even though migration studies attract plenty of attention. This aspect is marginalized in the public discourse as well. The results of the research show that dominant aspects of emotional capital among emigrants are distrust, anxiety, despair, and fear. Obviously, such emotional resources cannot become the basis of positive relationships (whether we are talking about interpersonal or personal-institutional relationships); however, there are some positive tendencies when a few informants encourage to take self-responsibility for emotional states rather than blame outside circumstances. The data show that excessive government interference in the private sphere might serve as the cause of negative public emotions, which in the long run evolve into anxiety or even social suffering experienced by some people, potentially contributing to the decision to leave and even later to long-lasting grievances against the homeland.
- Publication
Oikos: Lithuanian Migration & Diaspora Studies, 2019, Vol 27, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1822-5152
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7220/2351-6561.27.2