سوسيولوجيون
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 128-155
2021-08-25

Culture Of Social Adaptation And Corona: Case Of Sub-saharan Emigrant Students In Tunis

Authors : Touihri Manchoul Wafa .

Abstract

This study devises a sociological perception of the social adaptation of a migrant student minority from sub-Saharan Africa, temporary residents in Tunisia, particularly during the times of the Covid pandemic. This research paper revolves around a study of the quarantine repercussions on this category of a global pandemic. This study reflects the new practices by the global pandemic and a comparison of representations and perceptions of social adaptation concerning official and non-official social control. Our research is a study of the social adaptation manifestations, forms, and varying degrees based on different strategies adopted by individuals. Such strategies can vary from conformity to contrast, to an innovative social adaptation or what is referred to as positive deviance. The analysis of the collected qualitative data has revealed striking differences in the social adaptation strategies adopted by the students in question. Consequently, the importance of intercultural sociological intervention to establish balance and manage these differences steeped in the Tunisia socio-cultural context has been highlighted.

Keywords

social adaptation ; solidarity ; migrant sub-Saharan students ; intercultural sociological intervention