Long Journey Home

Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia is the co-author of Finding Home in Europe (Berghahn Books, 2023) and co-editor of Thinking Home on the Move (Emerald, 2020). He is currently a writing fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity’s research group ‘Ageing in a Time of Mobility’ and a research fellow at the Global Development Institute’s group ‘Migration, Refugees and Asylum’.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsMapIntroduction: The Place of Home in Studies of DisplacementChapter 1. Displacement, Emplacement and HomeChapter 2. Losing Home: Memories of Conflict, Displacement and HomeChapter 3. Struggles for Place, Home and Humanity         Chapter 4. Creating a Home: A Journey of a LifetimeChapter 5. Dislocation, Liminality and Remaking HomeAppendixReferencesIndex

“This is an exceptionally well-conceived and written study about different, yet interrelated, experiences of losing and living without home … it is a beautifully written book.” • Maja Korac, University of Belgrade“This is a rich and deeply moving exploration of the experience of Colombians who were internally displaced during different phases of violence in the country.” • Michelle Obeid, University of Manchester“This is a powerful and moving account of the centrality of home in studies of displacement. Losing the closeness and comfort of the familiar, mourning that loss and trying to recover a sense of home are at the heart of this carefully and lovingly-researched book. Though based on personal narratives from Colombia, the author recounts a story affecting millions of people worldwide.” • Robin Cohen, Professor Emeritus of Development Studies, University of Oxford