This volume offers a selection of articles developed from the SIEF (International Society for
Ethnology and Folklore) congress 2017 in Göttingen which all focus on the topic of dwelling.
How are ways of dwelling imagined conceptualized narrated crafted materialized put in
practice represented in artwork transformed and challenged? What is the role of mobility and
migration memory and creativity hopes and fears when individuals and groups make their homes?
What epistemological and methodological grounds do ethnologists folklorists and specialists
from neighbouring disciplines use to grasp the concept of dwelling?
