appaesamento
English translation: territorialisation (sense of belonging)
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|  Selected response from: Barbara Carrara Italy Local time: 05:36 | ||||||
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| 3 | territorialisation (sense of belonging) |
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settlement Explanation: I would consider it as settlement of people |
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acclimatization Explanation: Maybe acclimatization in its figurative sense could fit for the purpose. Reference: http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Susser/acclimatisation.htm |
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acclimation Explanation: acclimation: the adjustment to environmental change by an individual |
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5 hrs confidence:
territorialisation (sense of belonging) Explanation: Here's what I found, [...] In this separation, relations between people and objects become chaotic and objects themselves lose what De Martino terms appaesamento. This word is particularly relevant when placed in the context of migration, where objects - literally and figuratively - are separated from their usual net of domestic relations. Appaesamento embodies the sense of belonging to a particular place, to a paese (village, country). [...] Many of the first generation objects in the exhibitions belonged to this type and were central to the continuous process of re-territorialisation and re-appropriation, or I would say, ri-appaesamento, of the diaspora. [...] (source, http://utsescholarship.lib.uts.edu.au/iresearch/research-pub... In here, http://books.google.com/books?id=bGvgi6wQ7tsC&pg=PA105&lpg=P... you will find it translated as 'domestication', which I don't think would do here. |
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