Sanam V.
socsanam.bsky.social
Sanam V.
@socsanam.bsky.social
sociologist & migration researcher
As #IranProtests continue, questions of identity & belonging grow urgent. My new piece uses #autoethnography to show how racial & citizenship capital shape the lives of non-Persian Iranians abroad.
doi.org/10.1080/0143... (DM for preprint)
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tandfonline.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
“Almost belong” in a nation: my new autoethnography explores how racialized belonging shapes the everyday life of a Turkic Iranian migrant. Read it in Third World Quarterly: (doi.org/10.1080/0143...)

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Paradoxes of racial capital: an autoethnography of the boundaries of Turkish citizenship and nationality
This autoethnographic paper explores how dual racial capital and status migration shape labour market exclusion and belonging for an Iranian migrant with Turkic heritage navigating life in Türkiye....
doi.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM