ABSTRACT
This chapter explores belonging in relation to place from three perspectives: first, from the perspective of young people of refugee background from the South Sudanese community in Australia; second, from older members of the South Sudanese community in Australia; and finally, from the perspective of the people employed to govern and ‘police’ the spaces in which the young people meet. Analysing these perspectives through theories of belonging, as well as Foucauldian-derived theories of surveillance, this chapter argues that belonging, particularly for visibly different migrant groups, is controlled and negotiated both by the self and by Others and always in relation to particular spaces.
