![]() ![]() Pfaffenberger’s (1981: 1145–1157) important ethnographical studies have provided background knowledge here which have enabled me to provide a more in-depth analysis of what the notion of ‘Ur’ actually means. The case of camp people particularly reveals the significance of social status and how this is linked to place. I have also displayed the cases of Muslims who were expelled from Jaffna in the 1990s and whose memories are in stark contrast to earlier times, not only because the war has changed the place in general, but also because their position as a minority stipulates social integration even further. The voices of people range from those who have migrated back to Jaffna to those who would never imagine returning. I differentiate six different dimensions, whereupon I take cases of individuals (and partly also their family members) as the starting point for the analysis. This chapter reveals and discusses the different ways in which people voice their relationship to ‘Ur’.
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