Writing Myself Home: Migrant Well- being and Expressive Writing
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This article argues that increased national and local cultural policy measures need to be taken to improve migrant well-being. As part of a larger research project, it suggests the implementation of expressive writing workshops, following an adapted version of Pennebaker’s methodology (Pennebaker and Evans 2014; Sexton and Pennebaker 2009), as an effective and economically viable local cultural policy intervention. The issue is addressed with particular reference to León, Guanajuato (with the specific case study of two workshops conducted) where migration is rapidly increasing yet under-researched. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on migrant women, as a group of double vulnerability. It will be shown that, albeit far from presenting a miracle cure, expressive writing workshops can contribute significantly towards the increased well-being, integration and thus overall development of some migrant women. Moreover, they can effectively expand our knowledge about the struggles and benefits of the (psychological) process of migration.
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