THESIS 8481Diaspora, Gender And Narrative Journeys: Italian Migrant Women In Ireland. This study concerns Italian migrant women in Ireland, who are the most invisible subjects of a forgotten yet ?exceptional? history of migration. It... more
THESIS 8481Diaspora, Gender And Narrative Journeys: Italian Migrant Women In Ireland. This study concerns Italian migrant women in Ireland, who are the most invisible subjects of a forgotten yet ?exceptional? history of migration. It focuses on migrants? sense of belonging and affiliation, conceptualising the Italian women?s condition of being in migration as that of a ?double diaspora? (doubly invisible and removed, as migrant and as women but also as actors of a two-tiered sociality). The analysis is based on open-ended and unstructured interviews conducted with 29 Italian women of first, second and third-generation migrants and on document analysis, focusing on existing representations of Italian migrants in Ireland and on the politicisation of diasporic discourses in Italy. This study holds women?s personal narratives as informative of gendered meanings of migration, and as performative practices, which allow shifting gender norms to sustain the fluidity of diasporic identities. The analysis demonstrates that in diaspora, women\u27s narrative practices function as a social strategy to create collective (gender and diasporic) boundaries, which are both stable and shifting. Women?s narratives allow the women to forge new gender roles within their families and groups and to find a place in their diasporic destinations, supporting their migration process, providing them company and containing their isolation
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... their ontological substance. Stories are important for our identities, as Ronit Lentin suggests, because they tell us who we are; they interpret experiences and make their meanings explicit (Lentin, 2000a: 101). As Benedict Anderson ...
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Research Interests: Gender Studies, Multiculturalism, Education, Social Identity, Cultural Difference In Everyday Life, and 15 moreRace and Racism, Class, Race and Ethnicity, Cultural Identity, Negotiation, Qualitative Research, Ethnicity, Medicine, Place, Race, School Choice, School, Ethnic Group, Multiculture, and Ethnically diverse
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Aus der Perspektive europäischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer akademischen Laufbahn stehen, führt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenössische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit Selbst-Reflexivität... more
Aus der Perspektive europäischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer akademischen Laufbahn stehen, führt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenössische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit Selbst-Reflexivität als einem zentralen Instrument diskutiert, um die qualitative Datenanalyse für die vielfältigen Dimensionen der heutigen Migrations- und Ethnizitätsforschung in Europa zu sensibilisieren. Als Teil und Ausdruck dieser Selbstreflexivität trägt der vorliegende Beitrag den vielschichtigen Verbindungen und Beziehungen Rechnung, welche die Interaktion von Forschenden und Forschungsteilnehmenden bestimmen. Es wird gezeigt, wie diese sich sogar noch komplizierter und verwirrender gestalten, wenn außerhalb des Herkunftslandes eines Wissenschaftlers oder einer Wissenschaftlerin und innerhalb eines nationalen Kontextes geforscht wird, dem Forschende nicht "genuin“ angehören. In den letzten Jahren hat die Europäische Kommission den wissenschaftlichen Aust...
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In this introduction to the special issue we argue that migration is a phenomenon that shifts space and time. It is an ageless human strategy to improve life and could be defined as a natural behaviour of human beings. What makes... more
In this introduction to the special issue we argue that migration is a phenomenon that shifts space and time. It is an ageless human strategy to improve life and could be defined as a natural behaviour of human beings. What makes migration a subject of investigation are processes like nation-state-building, Europeanisation, globalisation and economic polarisation, which problematise the free movement of people. Academic researchers have responded to the challenges associated with this by drawing upon a range of disciplines, gathering evidence from a variety of countries, and employing an array of methodological tools to examine the emergent and evolving processes and patterns of Europe's new migration. Nonetheless, one is still faced with bewildering diversity in terms of migrant flows and the minority communities that form from these. This complexity, we argue, presents a new challenge for European migration research, particularly to those researchers attempting to understand p...
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Qualitative methodologies in migration studies are bringing new emphasis on the old question of the role and positionality of the researcher. The researcher with an experience of migration and as a member of a minority community is... more
Qualitative methodologies in migration studies are bringing new emphasis on the old question of the role and positionality of the researcher. The researcher with an experience of migration and as a member of a minority community is positioned in a qualitative research process in a particularly interesting and revealing way. We ask Ronit LENTIN and Hassan BOUSETTA to consider the implications of such a positionality. The questions raised are focusing on their experiences as migrant/minority researchers, with particular emphasis placed on gender and on the potential of a reflexive engagement with positionality to disrupt asymmetrical power relations in the field. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0603139
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Resumen: En esta introducción a este número especial defendemos que las migraciones son un fenómeno que traspasa tiempos y espacios; una inmemorial estrategia humana para mejorar la vida que podría ser definida como un comportamiento... more
Resumen: En esta introducción a este número especial defendemos que las migraciones son un fenómeno que traspasa tiempos y espacios; una inmemorial estrategia humana para mejorar la vida que podría ser definida como un comportamiento humano natural. Lo que convierte a las migraciones en un tema de investigación son procesos como la constitución de Estados-nación, la construcción europea, la globalización o la polarización económica, que problematizan el libre movimiento de las personas. Los investigadores académicos han respondido a este desafío par-tiendo de una diversidad de disciplinas, reuniendo datos de diferentes países y empleando un con-junto de herramientas metodológicas para examinar la emergencia y evolución de los procesos y de las características de las nuevas migraciones europeas. No obstante, seguimos enfrentándonos a una desconcertante diversidad de flujos migratorios y de comunidades inmigradas. Esta complejidad representa un nuevo desafío para la investigación sobr...
This article introduces contemporary migration research from the perspective of a cross-section of itinerant European academics at the early stages of their research career. Specifically, it examines self-reflexivity as an effective tool... more
This article introduces contemporary migration research from the perspective of a cross-section of itinerant European academics at the early stages of their research career. Specifically, it examines self-reflexivity as an effective tool to support qualitative data analysis in light of the multiple dimensions of migration and ethnic research in Europe. As part of this reflexivity, the paper considers the complex relations and relationships that shape researcher-participant interaction. It shows how these are made even more intricate and confusing by research conducted outside ones home country and/ or with national communities to which one does not "naturally" belong. Over recent years, the European Commission has sought to foster inter-academic exchange, especially amongst new European researchers. Emphasis has been placed on the need to build up effective international and inter-disciplinary research networks but, we argue, very little attention has been directed towards...
Zusammenfassung: Aus der Perspektive europäischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer aka-demischen Laufbahn stehen, führt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenössische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit... more
Zusammenfassung: Aus der Perspektive europäischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer aka-demischen Laufbahn stehen, führt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenössische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit Selbst-Reflexivität als einem zentralen Instrument diskutiert, um die qualitative Datenanalyse für die vielfältigen Dimensionen der heutigen Migrations-und Ethnizitätsforschung in Europa zu sensibilisieren. Als Teil und Ausdruck dieser Selbstreflexivität trägt der vorliegende Beitrag den vielschichtigen Verbindungen und Beziehungen Rechnung, welche die Interaktion von Forschenden und Forschungsteilnehmenden bestimmen. Es wird gezeigt, wie diese sich sogar noch komplizierter und verwirrender gestalten, wenn außerhalb des Herkunftslandes eines Wissenschaftlers oder einer Wissenschaftlerin und innerhalb eines nationalen Kontextes geforscht wird, dem Forschende nicht "genuin" angehören. In den letzten Jahren hat die Europäische Kommission den w...
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Die Einleitung zu dieser FQS-Schwerpunktausgabe "Qualitative Migrationsforschung im Europa der Gegenwart" stutzt sich auf das Argument, dass Zuwanderung ein Phanomen ist, welches Zeit und Raum transzendiert. Sie ist eine... more
Die Einleitung zu dieser FQS-Schwerpunktausgabe "Qualitative Migrationsforschung im Europa der Gegenwart" stutzt sich auf das Argument, dass Zuwanderung ein Phanomen ist, welches Zeit und Raum transzendiert. Sie ist eine zeitlose menschliche Strategie zur Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen und kann als "naturliches" Verhalten von Menschen definiert werden. Erst mit Prozessen der Nationalstaatsbildung, der Europaisierung, der Globalisierung und okonomischen Polarisierung, fur die sich im freien "Wandern" von Menschen ein Problem konstituiert, wird Migration zum Gegenstand wissenschaftlicher Forschung und Auseinandersetzung. Wissenschaftler und Wissenschafterinnen haben auf die Konstituierung der Migration als Forschungsgegenstand in einer Vielzahl von Disziplinen reagiert; heute greifen sie auf Erkenntnisse aus vielen Staaten und auf ein breites Spektrum angewandter Methoden zuruck, um Migration allgemein und die Prozesse und Strukturen von Europas "...
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Zusammenfassung: Die Einleitung zu dieser FQS-Schwerpunktausgabe "Qualitative Migrationsforschung im Europa der Gegenwart" stutzt sich auf das Argument, dass Zuwanderung ein Phanomen ist, welches Zeit und Raum transzendiert. Sie... more
Zusammenfassung: Die Einleitung zu dieser FQS-Schwerpunktausgabe "Qualitative Migrationsforschung im Europa der Gegenwart" stutzt sich auf das Argument, dass Zuwanderung ein Phanomen ist, welches Zeit und Raum transzendiert. Sie ist eine zeitlose menschliche Strategie zur Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen und kann als "naturliches" Verhalten von Menschen definiert werden. Erst mit Prozessen der Nationalstaatsbildung, der Europaisierung, der Globalisierung und okonomischen Polarisierung, fur die sich im freien "Wandern" von Menschen ein Problem konstituiert, wird Migration zum Gegenstand wissenschaftlicher Forschung und Auseinandersetzung. Wissenschaftler und Wissenschafterinnen haben auf die Konstituierung der Migration als Forschungsgegenstand in einer Vielzahl von Disziplinen reagiert; heute greifen sie auf Erkenntnisse aus vielen Staaten und auf ein breites Spektrum angewandter Methoden zuruck, um Migration allgemein und die Prozesse und Strukturen ...
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The acceleration and diversification of the movement across borders of millions of people has recently implied a heightened relevance of topics such as ethnicity, race and migration in the social sciences. Nevertheless, being migration a... more
The acceleration and diversification of the movement across borders of millions of people has recently implied a heightened relevance of topics such as ethnicity, race and migration in the social sciences. Nevertheless, being migration a highly interdisciplinary and complex issue, the diverse national academic traditions and methodologies of investigation currently existing have up to now hindered the development of a clear framework for the understanding of the phenomenon. Through this special issue HERMES (European Researchers in Migration and Ethnic Studies) attempts to provide a dedicated arena offering European researchers the opportunity to disseminate the results of their investigations in the field of migration and, in particular, of reflecting on fieldwork and/or methodological issues. The eight articles presented here all contribute – in their own ways – to the provision of a reflexive ground for the understanding of methodological choices and options and, hopefully, to th...
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... their ontological substance. Stories are important for our identities, as Ronit Lentin suggests, because they tell us who we are; they interpret experiences and make their meanings explicit (Lentin, 2000a: 101). As Benedict Anderson ...
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This paper considers the ways in which parents talk about choosing secondary schools in three areas of Greater Manchester. It argues that this can be a moment when parents are considering their own attitudes to, and shaping their... more
This paper considers the ways in which parents talk about choosing secondary schools in three areas of Greater Manchester. It argues that this can be a moment when parents are considering their own attitudes to, and shaping their children's experiences of, multiculture. Multiculture is taken as the everyday experience of living with difference. The paper argues that multiculture needs to be understood as shaped not only by racialized, ethnic or religious difference (as it is commonly understood) but also by other differences which parents may consider important, particularly class and approaches to parenting. We stress the need to examine what parents say about schooling in the context in which they are talking, which is shaped by local areas and the experiences of their children in primary schools. Based on interviews with an ethnically mixed groups of parents from different schools, we show how perceptions of the racialized and class demographics of schools can influence paren...
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The previous chapters have discussed the ways in which parents’ and carers’ discussion of school choice were infused with concerns about their children’s emotions and also how talking about school choice also frequently raised emotional... more
The previous chapters have discussed the ways in which parents’ and carers’ discussion of school choice were infused with concerns about their children’s emotions and also how talking about school choice also frequently raised emotional responses. Chapter 4 focused in particular on ideas of threat and contamination which were produced when thinking of high schools and the presence of classed others. This ‘underclass’ was imagined as gendered, identified by both behaviour in and around the school and through dress and appearance. The classed other is seen as posing a potential threat to both the respondents’ children’s happiness and educational achievement. As we also saw in Chapter 3, the assumed source of the problem with unruly children is bad parenting. In this chapter, the focus is placed more specifically on the parents’ discussion of ethnic diversity, arguing that parents were more likely to consider diversity in general as something related to race or ethnicity rather than cl...
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Zusammenfassung: Aus der Perspektive europaischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer akademischen Laufbahn stehen, fuhrt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenossische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit... more
Zusammenfassung: Aus der Perspektive europaischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer akademischen Laufbahn stehen, fuhrt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenossische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit Selbst-Reflexivitat als einem zentralen Instrument diskutiert, um die qualitative Datenanalyse fur die vielfaltigen Dimensionen der heutigen Migrationsund Ethnizitatsforschung in Europa zu sensibilisieren. Als Teil und Ausdruck dieser Selbstreflexivitat tragt der vorliegende Beitrag den vielschichtigen Verbindungen und Beziehungen Rechnung, welche die Interaktion von Forschenden und Forschungsteilnehmenden bestimmen. Es wird gezeigt, wie diese sich sogar noch komplizierter und verwirrender gestalten, wenn auserhalb des Herkunftslandes eines Wissenschaftlers oder einer Wissenschaftlerin und innerhalb eines nationalen Kontextes geforscht wird, dem Forschende nicht "genuin“ angehoren. In den letzten Jahren hat die Europaische Kommission den wissensc...
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A primordialist notion of nationhood*, which reifies an idea of essentialized, immutable national identity, has long prevailed in migration studies. Migrant groups have been categorized, more or less unawarely, in generalized and... more
A primordialist notion of nationhood*, which reifies an idea of essentialized, immutable national identity, has long prevailed in migration studies. Migrant groups have been categorized, more or less unawarely, in generalized and homogenized terms and the boundaries of their collectivities have been taken for granted. In the last decades, social scholars have deconstructed such primordial notions and have reconceptualised national identities, not as «romantic» given but as social constructions, embedded in the contingencies of history, and in the fluidity of modernity1. However in most discourses about migration, the premordial notion of national identity still remains an unquestioned and unproblematized category of analysis; this seems to be especially the case in Italian migration studies. Discourses about groups of «Italian» migrants and notions of Italianness have only marginally attempted to deconstruct common-sense meanings about national identity. On the contrary, they have t...
We thank all the reviewers for their expertise, insight and dedication in providing high quality reviews for article submissions to JEMS over the last year. The editorial team is frequently taken aback by the extremely high quality of... more
We thank all the reviewers for their expertise, insight and dedication in providing high quality reviews for article submissions to JEMS over the last year. The editorial team is frequently taken aback by the extremely high quality of critique provided by reviewers. Many authors also express their gratitude for this engagement and claim with justification that it has helped to advance their research. Once again many thanks, the quality of the journal is underpinned by your continued support.
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Zusammenfassung: Aus der Perspektive europäischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer akademischen Laufbahn stehen, führt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenössische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit... more
Zusammenfassung: Aus der Perspektive europäischer Wissenschaftler, die am Beginn ihrer akademischen Laufbahn stehen, führt der vorliegende Artikel in die zeitgenössische Migrationsforschung Europas ein. Im Einzelnen wird der Umgang mit Selbst-Reflexivität als einem zentralen ...
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Several migrant women's organisations have been set up in Ireland over the last decade. This article surveys three such groups: NOUR (Al Huda Women's Group), a Dublin independent Muslim... more
Several migrant women's organisations have been set up in Ireland over the last decade. This article surveys three such groups: NOUR (Al Huda Women's Group), a Dublin independent Muslim women's group; WOMB (Women of Multi-Culture Balbriggan), a suburban multi-ethnic ...