Conversation with My Classmates: Displacement, War, and Survival

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Thank you for asking me to review this paper.  I found it extremely interesting and feel that, after some minor revisions, this will be useful for those working with displaced families, as well as adding knowledge and first hand experiences to the field.

Some comments for consideration/review are as follows:

* Lines 33-35 on page one does not make sense - consider rewording

* You say that this was written up after conversations with your classmates, as an after thought.  How did you ensure that you had remembered the conversation correctly?  Did you undertake any member checking?  Were your classmates happy for you to report them in this way - thinking of this from an ethical perspective?

* Footnote 2 has a small typo - recruited

*  It would be useful to state explicitly whether your classmates, whose reflections you include, are male or female.  Attila for example talks of going to fight - if this is a female it paints a different visual picture and emotional response 

* Small typo in footnote 7 - should read left 

* Small typo in line 226 - should be Leicester Square?

* Line 249 - should this read "he felt he WAS returning home"?

Line 254 - says begging - should say beginning

Quote that starts on line 267 needs attributing - all others have names alongside but this one doesn't

Teszenyi is referenced in text but not in the reference list.

 

Once these minor revisions are made I think this paper is worthy of publication and adds an insight into this important area

This paper is worded well - there are a few minor typos (listed below) but apart from that this reads well, in good English.

Author Response

Dear reviewer

Thank you for  reviewing my paper and for your comments. There were very useful that made the work more coherent. 

Kind regadrs

 

 

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Thank you for your manuscript Conversation with my classmates: displacement, war, and survival. Unfortunately, the topic is (always) current.

The specific contribution of this paper is the personal experience and the experience of others. Insight through conversation with my classmates and the concept "I travel" provides relevant and informative results towards explaining the relationship of previous experiences with the current one. Arguing reflections from the past and the richness of qualitative data offer a broader understanding and expand knowledge to explain specific conflict on individuals. The conversation with my classmates shows how important it is to pay attention to details and to document the expression of their own experience, cultural and personal connections with the situation or the current phenomena.

Results have the potential towards developing strategies to ensure better understanding of how to provide prevention (if it is possible) and support for people in need. That is the reason why the paper is significant for different discipline researchers or professionals. It could be the basis for further interdisciplinary researches or educational programs.

 

 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer

Thank you for taking time reading the work and for your encouraging comments.

The work is now amended.

 

Kind regards