Constructing Migrant Foodscapes and Social Networks: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Fatih, Istanbul

Zeynep Yılmaz Hava

Makale detayları

Constructing Migrant Foodscapes and Social Networks: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Fatih, Istanbul

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Yılmaz Hava

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Moment Dergi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.155-175

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293191

pISSN:

2148-970X

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Özet:

 This research explores the link between food, culture, and migration by examining the Syrian food premises in Istanbuls Fatih district -one of the most popular settlement areas for Syrian refugees in Turkey- by conducting semi-structured deep interviews 82 people and participant observation. Rather than focusing on the refugee households, I concentrate on the public café-restaurants, food markets, delis, herbalists etc. as places of contestation and negotiation for Syrian people to construct new socialeconomic ties and to claim a right to the city. Social networks for Syrian migrants are of utmost importance because they struggle to build new lives in the metropolitan cities almost completely relying on their own social networks and financial capital. The food premises mainly café-restaurants in Fatih emerge as distinct places where we can trace the ways Syrian migrants buildmaintain or transform social bonds, shared identities, cultural traditions, socio-economic ties, daily-life habits, consumption-production patterns and so on. However, these networks might also counteract as mechanisms of exclusion for Syrian migrants both hindering social cohesion with the receiving society and continuing the fellowship- kinship ties. My study offers field-driven discussion points to gain more insight into these intricate relationships among migrant foodways, socio-cultural integration and social networks.

 This research explores the link between food, culture, and migration by examining the Syrian food premises in Istanbuls Fatih district -one of the most popular settlement areas for Syrian refugees in Turkey- by conducting semi-structured deep interviews 82 people and participant observation. Rather than focusing on the refugee households, I concentrate on the public café-restaurants, food markets, delis, herbalists etc. as places of contestation and negotiation for Syrian people to construct new socialeconomic ties and to claim a right to the city. Social networks for Syrian migrants are of utmost importance because they struggle to build new lives in the metropolitan cities almost completely relying on their own social networks and financial capital. The food premises mainly café-restaurants in Fatih emerge as distinct places where we can trace the ways Syrian migrants buildmaintain or transform social bonds, shared identities, cultural traditions, socio-economic ties, daily-life habits, consumption-production patterns and so on. However, these networks might also counteract as mechanisms of exclusion for Syrian migrants both hindering social cohesion with the receiving society and continuing the fellowship- kinship ties. My study offers field-driven discussion points to gain more insight into these intricate relationships among migrant foodways, socio-cultural integration and social networks.

 This research explores the link between food, culture, and migration by examining the Syrian food premises in Istanbuls Fatih district -one of the most popular settlement areas for Syrian refugees in Turkey- by conducting semi-structured deep interviews 82 people and participant observation. Rather than focusing on the refugee households, I concentrate on the public café-restaurants, food markets, delis, herbalists etc. as places of contestation and negotiation for Syrian people to construct new socialeconomic ties and to claim a right to the city. Social networks for Syrian migrants are of utmost importance because they struggle to build new lives in the metropolitan cities almost completely relying on their own social networks and financial capital. The food premises mainly café-restaurants in Fatih emerge as distinct places where we can trace the ways Syrian migrants buildmaintain or transform social bonds, shared identities, cultural traditions, socio-economic ties, daily-life habits, consumption-production patterns and so on. However, these networks might also counteract as mechanisms of exclusion for Syrian migrants both hindering social cohesion with the receiving society and continuing the fellowship- kinship ties. My study offers field-driven discussion points to gain more insight into these intricate relationships among migrant foodways, socio-cultural integration and social networks.

 Bu makalenin amacı, 2011deki savaş sonrası Fatihte Suriyeli göçmenler tarafından yemek kültürü aracılığıyla inşa edilip yeniden üretilen ulusaşırı, değişken ve çoklu gastro-akışları incelemek ve bölgede göç sonrası meydana gelen toplumsal değişim sürecini anlamaya katkı sağlamaktır. Türkiyeye göç eden Suriyeli grupların büyük çoğunluğu, geçici barınma merkezlerinde kalmak yerine daha iyi yaşam koşullarına erişebilmek amacıyla -neredeyse tamamen kendi beşeri, sosyal ve finansal sermayelerine güvenerek- İstanbul başta olmak üzere büyük şehirlere göç etmiştir. Ülkedeki belirsizlikler ve güvencesizlik koşullarında açılan gıda işletmeleri, bir anlamda yeni mücadele ve müzakere alanları olarak Suriyeli göçmenlerin büyük kentsel merkezlerde kendilerine yeni bir alan açma çabasının somut göstergesi olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Bir yandan da kültürün önemli sembollerinden biri olan yemeğin çeşitli gruplar arasında kültürel uzlaşıyı mı yoksa kültürel çatışmayı mı daha fazla beslediği konusu tartışmaya açılmaktadır. Bu araştırmada sahadan elde edilen birincil veriler 82 kişi ile yarı-yapılandırılmış derinlemesine mülakat ve katılımcı gözlem ışığında, bahsi geçen tartışma konularına dair güncel bulguların ve yeni bakış açılarının sunulması hedeflenmektedir. Böylelikle, mutfak kültürünün hem göçmenler hem yerleşik gruplar açısından taşıdığı anlamlar, göç ile yaşanan toplumsal dönüşümler ve kültürel bir sembol olarak yemeğin toplumsal kabul ve uyum sürecinde oynadığı roller ele alınmaktadır.

Makale detayları

Constructing Migrant Foodscapes and Social Networks: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Fatih, Istanbul

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Yılmaz Hava

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Moment Dergi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.155-175

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293191

pISSN:

2148-970X

Migrant foodscapes

socio-cultural integration

social networks

Syrian refugees in TurkeySuriyeli göçmenler

göç mutfağı

gastro-akış

toplumsal bütünleşme

sosyo-kültürel uyum

göç ve yemek.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Zeynep Yılmaz Hava

Yayıncı: Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar: İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Dergi: Moment Dergi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.155-175

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001293191

pISSN: 2148-970X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Yılmaz Hava

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Moment Dergi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.155-175

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293191

pISSN:

2148-970X