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Translocal space across migrant generations: The case of a Greek Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
Kallis Gina,
Yarwood Richard,
Tyrrell Naomi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.2206
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , space (punctuation) , identity (music) , sociology , kingdom , worship , gender studies , social space , political science , epistemology , aesthetics , law , linguistics , art , philosophy , paleontology , biology
This paper examines the changing importance of translocal space to three generations of Greek Cypriot migrants in the United Kingdom. Focusing on a Greek Orthodox Church, the paper draws upon participant observations and interviews to examine how translocal space is given meaning by migrants and, in turn, how the meaning and use of translocal space is renegotiated and altered by later generations. Based on this evidence, we argue that translocal space strengthens community ties and offers a way of performing particular ideas of identity and culture. It provides social and cultural links to distant people and places through shared religious practices. Furthermore, an intergenerational perspectives allows us to understand how translocal places are reproduced, challenged, and changed by successive generations. In doing so, the paper advances our understanding of translocality, the different ways that translocal space is used by migrant generations, and the changing significance of places of worship to migrant identities.