The End of a Social Movement? Some Critical Thoughts on German Ethnic Organisations in South Australia
<p id="p1">This is a longitudinal study; the data was collected for more than 30 years. Ethnic organisations or clubs were important meeting places or buffer zones for new migrants in countries whose language they did not speak. This chapter looks at the acculturation of German-born people and...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1237017 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">This is a longitudinal study; the data was collected for more than 30 years. Ethnic organisations or clubs were important meeting places or buffer zones for new migrants in countries whose language they did not speak. This chapter looks at the acculturation of German-born people and German associations in South Australia which were created after 1945, the end of World War II. It is based on 25 interviews over more than 30 years (1993, 2003, 2020–2022) with leading persons of different German associations (presidents, secretaries) in South Australia, and on 131 interviews with first-, second- and third generation ‘Germans’ between 1993 to 1995. In 1993, nine/ten ethnic organisations existed in South Australia, and two cultural associations, the Goethe Society and the Wagner Society, both founded by an interested elite. Four of the ethnic associations and the Goethe society have folded. Since the 1980s, German immigration to South Australia is very low, and the <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">German Club</italic></em> in Adelaide, the biggest and longest serving organisation (established in 1886!), had to sell its property but is now establishing itself on a smaller scale. Today it is run by volunteers and is catering for a multicultural Australia and not only for Germans. This research concludes that the German-born population in South Australia is ageing but well acculturated, and symbolic ethnicity has replaced old customs and values.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83635-572-4 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1013183 |