Migration, Settlement, and the Concepts of House and Home

Iris Levin is a post-doctoral researcher who has recently completed a large research project at Flinders University and is about to commence a new project at Tel Aviv University.

• 1. The Migrant House in the Globalised City 2. Settlement, Belonging and the Migrant Home / House 3. "We Just Put It All Together": Houses of Migrants from Italy in Metropolitan Melbourne 4. "Home Is Where the Heart Is": Houses of Migrants from China in Metropolitan Melbourne 5. "I Record the Whole Story": Houses of Migrants from Morocco in Metropolitan Tel Aviv 6. "A House Like This Can Be Everywhere": Houses of Migrants from Former Soviet Union in Metropolitan Tel Aviv 7. Migrant Experiences Around the House / Home 8. Migrant Settlement and Home-Building in the Home / House. Appendix A: Migrants from Italy Who Participated in This Research. Appendix B: Migrants from China Who Participated in This Research. Appendix C: Migrants from Morocco Who Participated in This Research. Appendix D: Migrants from the Former Soviet Union Who Participated in This Research

"This book is of great value to housing studies scholars in that it takes on the challenge ofengaging with homes as houses. It is an exemplary demonstration of the deep insight offered bydrawing together the theoretically diverse lenses of cultural capital, the everyday, and materialitiesin the home, through the analysis of rich visual and textual data. In doing this, Levin exploresnew dimensions of migration and settlement. By investigating the homebuilding practices ofthese four groups of migrants, Levin demonstrates the significance of the physical form of housesin migration and settlement processes, and the broader contexts in which houses become homes."Tamlin Gorter, University of Tasmania, Australia, Housing Studies, 2017, VOL. 32, NO . 8, 1178–1182