Loizos, Peter
Professor Peter Loizos
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Experience keywords:
participation; broadcasting; gender; documentary films; education; social research methods; forced migration; Cyprus; development projects; Greco-Turkish relations; refugee adaptation problems; in-depth interviewing; communal violence
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I have carried out social research on a single community in Cyprus, at three contrasting periods. First, when it was an ethnically mixed village, with a largely prospering Greek Cypriot population, and a smaller number of Turkish Cypriots. This was in 1968, during a period of rising prosperity for Greek Cypriots generally. In earlier years there had been fighting at many points in the island between the two peoples, but it had not disrupted this community.
The second research period was in 1975 and focused exclusively on the Greek Cypriots who were now internally displaced within the Greek administered zone of the island, and dispersed in at least 25 sites. It was then, a study of the earliest phase of displacement, when destitution threatened, and disorientation and doubt prevailed.
The third study period was from 2000 to 2004, and was essentially a study of how the Greek Cypriot IDPs had managed their long exile, and had in many cases transcended the difficulties of 1974-1975. This period also allowed some work to be done with the Turkish Cypriots of the original village, who had not been displaced. In this period, there was increased contact between individuals of the two groups. I developed an interest in public health issues of IDPs and refugees in this period.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Cyprus; Greece
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Media experience:
Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Loizos, Peter (2008) Iron in the soul: displacement, livelihood and health in Cyprus. Berghahn Books, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781845454845 Loizos, Peter (2007) 'Generations' in forced migration: Towards greater clarity. Journal of refugee studies, 20 (2). pp. 193-209. ISSN 0951-6328 Loizos, Peter and Constantinou, Costas (2007) Hearts as well as minds: wellbeing and illness among Greek Cypriot refugees. Journal of refugee studies, 20 (1). pp. 86-107. ISSN 0951-6328 Loizos, Peter (1999) A duty of care? Three Granada television films concerned with war. In: The media of conflict: war reporting and representations of ethnic violence. Zed Books, London, pp. 102-124. ISBN 9781856495707 Loizos, Peter and Heady, P, (eds.) (1999) Conceiving persons : ethnographies of procreation, fertility and growth. LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology/Athlone Press, London, UK. ISBN 0485195682 Loizos, Peter and Adam, Gordon and Subotic, Jelena (1994) Broadcasting for restraint: crisis reduction through UN supported initiatives. Discussion paper series, DP11. Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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