First Arrivals: The Socio-Material Development of Arrival Infrastructures in Thuringia

Steigemann, Anna

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“…However, taking the question of what constitutes a successful arrival context as a starting point, most studies on arrival spaces are so far situated in the context of longstanding immigrant neighbourhoods or cities (see, e.g., Böckler, Gestmann, & Handke, 2018;Kurtenbach, 2015;Nikolaeva, 2019;Schillebeeckx et al, 2019). Rarely is the concept used to look at neighbourhoods that have not yet been significantly shaped by migration but are rather new arrival destinations for immigrants (but see Dunkl et al, 2019;Steigemann, 2019). This leads to a situation where the research seldomly looks beyond established immigrant neighbourhoods and does not systematically compare these established immigrant neighbourhoods to other types of neighbourhoods.…”

Section: The Discussion On Arrival Spaces and Its Blind Spotsmentioning

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“…This also touches upon the role that state conceptualisations of integration play in the provision of local arrival infrastructure (see also Steigemann, 2019). The relatively new migration of refugees into East German prefab estates is accompanied by a strong interest of the local state in managing the process of their arrival, which can be analysed by looking at municipal concepts of integration.…”

Section: Density and Diversity Of The Built Environment And Other Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Peripheral Estates as Arrival Spaces? Conceptualising Research on Arrival Functions of New Immigrant Destinations

El-Kayed

Bernt

Hamann

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In recent years, the question of how urban spaces support the arrival of immigrants has found increased attention among scholars. The emerging discussion uses terms like arrival cities, arrival neighbourhoods, arrival spaces, arrival contexts, or arrival infrastructures to refer to local conditions which support immigrant inclusion. This discussion, however, tends to focus empirically and conceptually on neighbourhoods or cities with long-standing migration histories. Connected to this, arrival spaces are often conceptualised as spaces with strong migrant support networks and economies, as well as with high levels of functional diversity and a high fluctuation of residents. Less focus is placed on the question of if and how destinations that lack these characteristics support the arrival of new immigrants. This contribution focuses on this by discussing existent conceptualisations of arrival spaces and contrasting them with empirical illustrations of peripheral estate neighbourhoods in east German cities that have experienced a substantial population loss since the 1990s, resulting in the partial demolition of housing and infrastructure. Since the refugee migration to Germany starting in 2015, the population dynamic in these neighbourhoods has changed substantially. We contrast these developments with the literature on arrival contexts in order to reflect the strengths and weaknesses of the concept, specifically regarding the conditions in new destinations where migrant networks and economies are still emerging, functional diversity is low, and the role of residential fluctuation is unclear. While this article draws on empirical material, its major objective is to point out the blind spots in the current discussion around arrival spaces. It develops questions and offers a research agenda that introduces a wider and more varied set of neighbourhoods into the evolving research agenda on arrival spaces.

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Section: The Discussion On Arrival Spaces and Its Blind Spotsmentioning

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Section: Density and Diversity Of The Built Environment And Other Infrastructurementioning

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Peripheral Estates as Arrival Spaces? Conceptualising Research on Arrival Functions of New Immigrant Destinations

El-Kayed

Bernt

Hamann

et al. 2020

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“…Beides zusammen bildet das, was wir »Ankunftsinfrastrukturen« nennen: Infrastrukturen, die von Gef lüchteten und staatlichen Akteuren gleichermaßen mitproduziert werden und nicht nur die Ankunft in den Unterkünften, sondern auch die Ansiedlung und Eingliederung in die weitere Stadt prägen (vgl. Meeus et al 2019, Steigemann 2019.…”

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“…Die räumlichen Aneignungen innerhalb der Berliner Flüchtlingsunterkünfte zeigen, wie diese bereits als »Ankunftsinfrastrukturen« (Meeus et al 2019;Steigemann 2019) Ich möchte zeigen, inwiefern der Begriff der Polykontexturalität hier als eine hilfreiche Heuristik dienen kann, um die Aushandlung solcher grundlegenden Dissonanz wissenschaftssoziologisch zu fassen. Polykontexturalität wird hier als das Aufeinandertreffen von unterschiedlichen strukturellen Logiken (Bourdieu 2001: 68) Im Rahmen dieser interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit sind wir stets auf sowohl grundlegende Ähnlichkeiten wie Dissonanzen unserer Vorgehensweisen gestoßen: Wir waren alle darauf ausgerichtet, etwas Neues hervorzubringen und erkannten sogleich die fundamentale »Serendipität« des Forschens (Rheinberger 2014: 65ff.…”

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Löw¹,

Sayman²,

Schwerer³

et al. 2021

Re-Figuration Von Räumen

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Re-Figuration von Räumen| Band 1 Editorial Der Reihe Re-Figuration von Räumen liegt die Prämisse zugrunde, dass das Soziale immer räumliche Formen annimmt. Die hier versammelten Studien befassen sich mit gegenwärtigen Transformationen sozial relevanter Räume und den damit verbundenen Konflikten, Krisen und Unsicherheiten. Sie untersuchen die These, dass es in diesen Transformationen und Konflikten ein gemeinsames Muster gibt, das als »Re-Figuration der Räume« bezeichnet wird. Die unterschiedlichen Wandlungsprozesse finden ihren Ausdruck in neu entstehenden Raumformen und -figuren, in den Kämpfen um die Aufrechterhaltung etablierter Raumstrukturen sowie den daraus resultierenden Figurationen. Oder mit anderen Worten: Der Raum ist ebenso wie die Zeit das Medium der Transformation der gegenwärtigen Gesellschaft, so dass die Analyse der Räume einen integrativen Ausgangspunkt für die Analyse der entstehenden Gesellschaftsmuster darstellt. Die Publikationen der Reihe entspringen dem Sonderforschungsbereich 1265 Re-Figuration von Räumen und damit aus sozialwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen wie Soziologie, Geographie, Architekturwissenschaft, Kommunikationswissenschaft, Stadtplanung und Europäischer Ethnologie. Sie nehmen mitunter eine theoretische Ausrichtung ein, beruhen zumeist aber auf empirischen Studien, die qualitative, quantitative oder visuelle Methoden verwenden. Die Reihe wird herausgegeben von Hubert Knoblauch und Martina Löw. Martina Löw ist Professorin für Planungs-und Architektursoziologie am Institut für Soziologie der Technischen Universität Berlin. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Soziologische Theorie, Stadtsoziologie, Raumtheorie und Kultursoziologie. Sie ist Sprecherin des DFG-Sonderforschungsbereiches »Re-Figuration von Räumen« und wirkt als Beraterin in verschiedenen Stadtentwicklungsprojekten mit. Sie hatte Fellowships und Gastprofessuren u.a. in New York (USA), Göteborg (Schweden), Salvador de Bahia (Brasilien), St. Gallen (Schweiz), Paris (Frankreich) und Wien (Österreich) und ist als Mitglied des Steering Committee der Berlin University Alliance verantwortlich für das Forschungsförderprogramm »Social Cohesion«. Von 2011 bis 2013 war sie Vorsitzende der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Volkan Sayman ist Soziologe und arbeitet als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich »Re-Figuration von Räumen« an der Technischen Universität Berlin. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Wissenschafts-und Innovationsforschung, die Transformation öffentlicher Räume, Science and Technology Studies sowie qualitative Methoden der Sozialforschung.

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“…After registration, a national distribution key called Königssteiner Schlüssel allocates refugees to the federal states (population size and GDP determine the number of allocated refugees) and within the states to different cities and regions. Personal choices, residential preferences, or the existence of other extended family members in the country are not part of this process (Steigemann, 2018;Wendel, 2014, p. 9). Having arrived in their designated location, refugees are then forced to reside in officially recognised emergency accommodations (Notunterkünfte) set up by local municipalities until their "case" has been processed, which can take up to three years.…”

Section: Accommodating Refugees In Berlin: From Reactive Emergency Management To Planned Housingmentioning

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Planning the Ideal Refugee Camp? A Critical Interrogation of Recent Planning Innovations in Jordan and Germany

Dalal

Darweesh

Misselwitz

et al. 2018

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With the increase of refugee movements since 2014 in Europe and the Near East, the debate of how to plan appropriate shelters and emergency accommodation has gained a new momentum. Established techno-managerial approaches have been criticised as inappropriate and the professional community of planners and architects was increasingly drawn into debates for alternative solutions. This article traces the “innovations” that promise better, more effective, and more humane emergency shelters using the examples of the “Tempohomes” in Berlin as well as the Jordanian refugee camps of Zaatari and Azraq. In both cases, planners were employed to address the ambivalent reality of protracted refugee camps and include “lessons” from failures of earlier solutions. While the article acknowledges the genuine attempt of planners to engage with the more complex needs and expectations of refugees, a careful look at the results of the planning for better camps reveals ambivalent outcomes. As camps acquire a new visual appearance, closer to housing, which mixes shelter design with social spaces and services as essential parts of the camp; these “innovations” bear the danger of paternalistic planning and aestheticisation, camouflaging control under what seems to be well-intended and sensitive planning. The article focuses on refugees’ agency expressed in critical camp studies to interrogate the planning results. While recent critical refugee studies have demanded recognition of refugees as urban actors which should be included in the co-production of the spatial reality of refugee accommodations, new planning approaches tend to result in a shrinking of spaces of self-determination and self-provisioning of refugees.

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First Arrivals: The Socio-Material Development of Arrival Infrastructures in Thuringia

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Peripheral Estates as Arrival Spaces? Conceptualising Research on Arrival Functions of New Immigrant Destinations

Peripheral Estates as Arrival Spaces? Conceptualising Research on Arrival Functions of New Immigrant Destinations

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Planning the Ideal Refugee Camp? A Critical Interrogation of Recent Planning Innovations in Jordan and Germany

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