Advantages Of Elite Interview Methods

The United States website offered valid information on how the incoming refugees are processed and dealt with. The Canadian and German government websites also offered detailed information on how the government deals and processes the refugees using the example of Syrian refugees. The majority of my research used the Syrian Refugee Crisis as a basis because it is so recent and a large amount of information I available on the issue. Further research should be conducted comparing how the governments of developed countries are dealing with the war refugees in the past and how they are dealing with the current issue involving

Many refugees have a hard time adjusting to their new culture because they are not accepted by their peers and community. First of all, in the article “Children of War”, the author states, “Sometimes I wished I’d stayed there, watching the war, rather than being here, safe, but without

For the podcast, I interviewed Lina Abdulnoor, with the intention of exploring the intricacies of refugeehood by analyzing Lina’s refugee experience. Lina lived in Iraq with her family until they began receiving death threats due to their religious beliefs. Convinced that they needed to flee the country to survive, they left Iraq as refugees. After leaving Iraq, they settled in Jordan, where they waited two years until the U.N. to approve their request to move to the U.S. in 2012. Lina and her family initially settled in Virginia, where she experienced culture shock as she adapted to American culture and the English language. However, Lina did not feel accepted in Virginia; her experiences in the state led her to think that Americans treated her according to negative stereotypes of Iraqis. After living in Virginia for several months, Lina and her family chose to resettle in San Diego, California, which harbored a larger Iraqi population than Virginia did. Supported by San Diego’s Iraqi community and various refugee organizations, Lina flourished, and she currently studies at UCSD while holding a stable job.

Rachel Aviv’s, “The Trauma of Facing Deportation” is an enticing article regarding Swedish refugee children who unfortunately have fallen unconscious, due to heartbreaking news of their family’s awaited deportation. This article discusses the story of Georgi, a Russian refugee, who moved to Sweden when he was five years old, and encounters a tragic turn of events, which quite literally leaves him speechless. Growing up in Sweden, Gerogi had become rather assimilated into Swedish culture, speaking the language effortlessly, and making numerous friends who seemed to take a genuine liking to his character. Having reapplied for asylum in Sweden, Georigi’s family received the disappointing news of denial, changing both their lives and Georgi’s

Who she was? (Traits, values, beliefs)(Thesis) How is her story like other refugee stories? Evidence from pages 1-95 and at least one article that we read

The refugee crisis is a hotly debated and controversial topic all over the globe relevant to today. The rising number of refugees arriving in the European Union has significantly increased throughout the past few years. The controversy comes from not the refugees themselves, but from where they are emigrating from. Coming from extremely hostile and dangerous countries operated by the Islamic State militants, there is a sense of hysteria from the opposing side saying that there are risks that need to be factored in when accepting such a large amount of people from places where there are high concentrations of terrorism into their home countries. On the other side of the argument, the advocates for refugees are proclaiming that as humans we have moral obligations to give the quintessential helping hand to humans whenever one is in need, regardless of their situation or circumstances. Through social activism these proponents are seeking to

The pilot study conducted in this research shows that there were a few problems within the overall design of the interview and therefore the researchers decided to make some minor changes to their design, these changes included altering the questions so they were open ended, they also made the interview less structured in able to gain more focused answers in which they could analyse.

Throughout my research for this project I have found several sites. Some of the sites I have found contain numerous amounts of information, though many don’t have the correct information that I am looking for in relation to my topic. Many of the articles I have read are interviews of adults who grew up as a refugee children. In my opinion, I think that the interviews are the most interesting, however it does not give me as much information as I am looking for.

Acculturation and integration is often a stressful process for both individuals and families (Lacroix, 2003). Therefore as social workers, it is vital to recognize and understand the history, traditions, values, family structures and cultures of refugees, as those deeply rooted experiences shape and alter their lives (Thomas Bernard & Moriah, 2007).

The video version of the interview was watched four times on it’s own and then additional three times with an aid of the transcript to gain a general understanding of topics, when notes about tone of the voice, pauses and body language were made to aid the understanding. Next transcript was read three times to familiarize with the written version of the

Hacking, Lindgren and Strasser’s views can all be related to how social construction affects the internal and external reactions of individual beings. In Hacking’s article, he touches upon the social construction of women refugees, it should be noted that he does not believe that women refugees are socially constructed as individuals, but it is rather women refugees as a type of person, the classification itself, and the matrix in which the classification works that is socially constructed. The classification of a woman refugee is important as it allows her to stay in a country such as Canada, whereas if she is not classified as such, she may be deported or go into hiding. These women and their experiences are changed as a result of this social

Interviewing is the method of qualitative research that normally comes first to people’s mind. It is much more than merely asking premeditated question after question. Interviewing is an art that requires the ability to quickly create a relationship between two people in order to gain knowledge. There are many techniques when it comes to conducting valuable interviews. Not every technique works for every interviewer and there is more than one right way to interview. For instance, while both Robert Lane, author of Political Ideology: Why the American Common Man Believes What He Does, and Judith Kestenberg author of Children During the Nazi Reign, used interviewing to gain knowledge for the writing of their books, these two authors prove

My choice for interviewing was Manuel Gomez, Director of The Public Works Department for the City of Irvine. The department is responsible for developing, building and maintaining the City's infrastructure, which include streetscapes, open space, city parks, athletic fields, eucalyptus windrow trees, bike trails, roadways, traffic signals and fleet services. I choose the director because my career is in facility maintenance, unfortunately my interview was reassigned to Jay Ponce, Senior Management Analysis for the department, who reports directly to Director Gomez. While I was looking forward to an interview with Mr. Gomez, I was not disappointed with Mr. Ponce as he turned out to be an interesting person with an interesting public service

As I went into the room, I was made felt welcomed and comfortable by the panel as they tried to ease my nerves by simply asking about how I got there or how I was feeling. However, one of the panellists was excessive about the weather which made it a little awkward as she kept asking about it even though she was trying to make me comfortable.

Interviews lasted anywhere between 15-45 minutes. The interviews took place either during or right after the employees’ breakfast break in the morning. We completed these in the main office at the dairy. Coffee was offered to interviewees as a token of appreciation for their time. Each employee gave verbal consent to participate before the interview and was told the interview would be recorded for the purposes of me (the researcher) to learn how to transcribe data.