South East Asian migrant experiences in regional Victoria: Exploring well-being
- Authors: Townsend, Robert , Pascal, Jan , Delves, Mel
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Sociology Vol. 50, no. 4 (December 2014 2014), p. 601-615
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- Description: This article outlines a recent pilot project in Bendigo that collected baseline data in order to develop a preliminary understanding of regional migration experiences. The literature indicated that migrant experiences in Australian regional communities are under-researched. Sixty participants from South East Asia, who have migrated to Bendigo, Victoria within the last five years, completed a mixed-methods survey. The key findings reported upon are socio-structural factors, social connectedness and psychosocial well-being. Crucial factors such as culture, spirituality and non-English-language, link to the more complex issues of personal, social and cultural identity. These findings are significant in adding to the limited data and discussion about newly arrived migrants in rural and regional communities. There are sociological implications from this preliminary data concerning social capital and psychosocial well-being. There are also implications for policy development and professional practice for migration to rural and regional communities.
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Therapeutic landscapes: Understanding migration to Australian regional and rural communities
- Authors: Townsend, Robert , Pascal, Jan
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Rural Society Vol. 22, no. 1 (2012), p. 59-66
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- Description: This article explores the connections between therapeutic landscapes, social capital and personal well-being for migrants to rural and regional communities. We suggest the theoretical literature and empirical research is underexplored with regard to migration to regional and rural Australia; the landscapes and communities that migrants encounter; and how the migrant experience can be linked to notions of therapeutic landscapes, social capital development and personal well-being. Linking these concepts extends the extant discourses about the economic impact of migration; the social ghettoisation of migrants, and the representation of their experiences in local, regional and national media. Instead, we shift the focus to the connections, processes and relationships that impact social and economic exclusion for South East Asian migrants. Copyright © eContent Management Pty Ltd.