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The article deals with the problem of comprehending the image of Motherland and its place in the world picture of a transmigrant in terms of expanding his/her living space.
The translocal living space is characterized by the layering of several social fields and a combination of different axes of social interaction, which determines the change in the world perception and worldview of a transmigrant. The theoretical framework of the study is represented by the concepts of transnationalism and translocality.
The relative constancy of the image of Motherland in the world-picture is determined. At the same time, this does not exclude a change in its content, which is the idea of the Motherland. Based on the analysis of various approaches to defining the image of homeland, it is concluded that there are two groups of markers of the homeland: i.e., local and social. In the translocal living space, their two-way determination takes place: namely, by the original living space and by the acquired one.
The results of an empirical study conducted within the framework of a qualitative approach are presented. It is determined that, in formation of the image of Motherland, local markers prevail while social markers are secondary. The conclusion is made, about the preservation of the image of the Motherland in the new world picture of transmigrants having common territorial frame of living space; special importance of the original living space of transmigrants is noted.
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