ABSTRACT

Of the millions of Syrians who have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in Syria in 2011, some 3.4 million are registered in Turkey. Although the Turkish government and humanitarian organizations provide services and aid, these do not meet the needs of refugees to ensure their livelihoods. Research indicates that refugees build their livelihoods more upon informal support systems and personal choices than on formal support from the government and humanitarian organizations. Based on a case study in Urfa, Turkey, and using a qualitative approach, this study examines the nature and role of social networks among refugees from Syria and the roles they play. A wide diversity of partly overlapping networks are observed and no single, overarching Syrian community. This study also shows these social networks to be messy, in that they overlap and vary in their dynamics, diversity, and socio-spatial range. This messy nature of networks enables individual refugees to act on possibilities.

抽象的

自2011年内战爆发以来，数百万叙利亚人逃离家园，其中约有340万在土耳其登记。尽管土耳其政府和人道主义组织提供了服务和援助，但这些服务和援助不能满足难民确保其生计的需要。研究表明，难民的生活更多地依靠非正式的支持系统和个人选择，而不是政府和人道主义组织的正式支持。基于土耳其乌尔法（Urfa）的案例研究，并采用定性方法，本研究考察了叙利亚难民中社交网络的性质和作用及其所扮演的角色。观察到各种各样的部分重叠的网络，没有一个单一的，占主导地位的叙利亚社区。这项研究还表明，这些社交网络比较混乱，因为它们重叠并且在动力，多样性和社会空间范围上各不相同。网络的这种混乱性质使个别难民能够采取行动。