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This chapter considers the experiences of resettled refugee families dealing with intergenerational conflict. Based on multisited ethnography with Australian South Sudanese youth, adults, and the workers supporting them, the author demonstrates how well-intended, yet inappropriate, intervention from authorities led to negative results. The chapter explores how transitions within settling families take place in the context of cultural, economic, social, and legal structures, which can support or constrain their efforts to reconstruct their lives. It chapter concludes by identifying alternative strategies from government and social institutions to better support refugee children and youth navigating their developmental transition in the context of resettlement.
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The category includes unmarried, single, separated, divorced, and widowed (Lucas et al. 2013).
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Although, it needs to be acknowledged that as a consequence of colonization, civil wars, and subsequent destruction, the transference of a nuanced conception of culture has suffered and often what has remained is a more one-dimensional interpretation of the original culture (Deng 1998).
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There are more than 200 ethnic groups in South Sudan. Although culturally diverse, nearly all tribes there are part of the Nilotic culture. Thus, the presentation of South Sudanese cultures in this chapter is the dominant shared understanding among the Nilotic people originating from South Sudan.
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Losoncz, I.(. (2016). Finding Better Ways to Support Resettled Refugee Families: Dealing with Intergenerational Conflict. In: Ensor, M., Goździak, E. (eds) Children and Forced Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40691-6_12
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