Introduction
More than 230 million people, 20% of them young children, live in countries in which they were not born. When children migrate, a sudden change occurs in their lifeworlds that is not of their making; instead, the experience “befalls [them], strikes [them], comes over [them], overwhelms and transforms [them]” (Heidegger 1982, p. 57). This essay explores the phenomena of belonging, language, and inclusion in the lived experiences of young children whose childhood has been interrupted by migration. The phenomenological inquiry is based on Heidegger’s (1982) notion of language as the “house of Being.” It is guided by the following questions: What is the lived experience of a child whose life is interrupted by migration and whose home is replaced by a space in which to live, where a new language is...
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Kirova, A. (2017). Phenomenology of Inclusion, Belonging, and Language. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_97
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