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Towards Integration in Norway: Dynamics of Cultural Incorporation in the Context of Transnationalization

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This article aims to study the incorporation of homeland-based cultural practices of minorities within a majority cultural space and the dynamics of mutual incorporation of cultural practices of the majority and first-generation minority Tamils and Somalis in Norway. Homeland-based cultural practices refer to culturally rooted practices and habits that had been followed by Tamils and Somalis while they were living in their home country. While discussing tensions around the minority cultural practices in a majority cultural space, the article suggests a model for mutual incorporation of cultural practices of the majority and minorities.

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  1. Research Programme “Cultural Complexity in the New Norway” (Culcom) and Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Postbox 1096, Blindern, N-0317, Oslo, Norway

    Sarvendra Tharmalingam

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Tharmalingam, S. Towards Integration in Norway: Dynamics of Cultural Incorporation in the Context of Transnationalization. Int. Migration & Integration 14, 1–18 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-011-0219-z

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