An anthropological study on the reconstruction of culture, society and identities among protracted refugees in Africa.

该项目侧重于在任何庇护国流亡5年或更长时间的长期难民状况下的索马里难民，并审查了难民和收容国建设其生活环境的方式。肯尼亚的达达阿布难民营建筑群容纳了超过40万人。减贫战略使难民或收容者无法预测这些情况何时或甚至是否会发生变化。在这种情况下，难民和收容双方都试图发展共存的方式。例如，建立了避免水资源冲突的地方机构，建立了蔬菜、牛奶和工业产品的寄售制度，以及在难民和收容者之间交易和出借土地的程序。此外，达达阿布建筑群是一个巨大的市场，有40万人参与其中，其中包括一些非常活跃地参与商业活动的难民。这种情况促成了这样一种制度，即通过难民和肯尼亚人之间使用移动通信设备和信任进行的交易，以寄售的方式出售各种商品。那些居住在达达阿布建筑群及其周围的人由于肯尼亚的法律制度而被隔离。然而，在这种情况下，一个独特的生活空间和基于跨国网络的新商业系统应运而生。

This project focused on Somali refugees in Protracted Refugee Situations(PRS) who have been in exile in any asylum country for 5 years or longer and examined the ways in which both refugees and hosts construct their living environments. The Dadaab refugee camp complex in Kenya accommodates a population of over 400, 000 individuals. PRS entails an inability on the part of either refugees or hosts to predict when or even if these conditions will change. In this situation, both refugees and hosts have attempted to develop ways of coexistence. For example, local institutions to avoid conflicts over water, a system for the consignment sale of vegetables, milk, and industrial goods, and a process for trading and lending land between refugees and hosts have been developed. Additionally, the Dadaab complex operates as a huge market where 400, 000 people are engaged, including some refugees who are very actively engaged in commercial activities. This situation contributes to a system in which various commodities are sold on consignment via transactions conducted between refugees and Kenyans using mobile communication devices and based on trust. Those living in and around the Dadaab complex have been isolated by virtue of the Kenyan legal system. However, a unique living space with new commercial systems based on transnational networks has emerged from this situation.