How to ‘catch’ floating populations? Research and the fixing of migration in space and time

Meeus, Bruno

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“…Yet it is also abundantly clear that, as with any method, ethnography has its limits. Meeus (2012) and Hage (2005) have pointed out that research methods will always have spatial limits, and that there will always be potential conflicts between the mobility of the researched and that of the researcher. Likewise, there will always be potential temporal conflicts between the 'times of the researcher' and the 'times of migrants'.…”

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“…By and large, as Meeus (2012) has argued, critiques of methodological nationalism imply, but do not explicitly theorize, temporality. There are thus few direct connections between the international migration literature on methodological innovation and that on migration and time, with the exception of King et al (2006: 259), who argue for a 'deeper ethnography of migrant decision-making' to illuminate the complexity of both long-and short-term outcomes.…”

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“…Traditional understandings of international migration, particularly in settler societies, were often predicated on a linear temporal journey from alien to citizen, and from arrival to assimilation (Meeus, 2012). International migration is now acknowledged to have very varied tempos and rhythms, and is often distinctly non-linear and open-ended, involving diversion, repetition and simultaneity (Allon et al, 2008;Collins, 2012;Griffiths et al, 2013;Lewis and Neal, 2005).…”

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“…In particular, although Western Europe has an extensive history of guestworker-type temporary migration (see, for example, Castles et al, 1984), traditional 'settler' receiving societies such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand have only recently begun to shift from the policies of permanent settlement that dominated postwar mass immigration schemes to more-temporary or 'staggered' migration programmes. Traditional understandings of international migration, particularly in settler societies, were often predicated on a linear temporal journey from alien to citizen, and from arrival to assimilation (Meeus, 2012). International migration is now acknowledged to have very varied tempos and rhythms, and is often distinctly non-linear and open-ended, involving diversion, repetition and simultaneity (Allon et al, 2008;Collins, 2012;Griffiths et al, 2013;Lewis and Neal, 2005).…”

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‘In the beginning all is chaos …’: Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism

Jakubowicz¹

2015

Social Transformation and Migration

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The Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship series covers three important aspects of the migration progress. Firstly, the determinants, dynamics and characteristics of international migration. Secondly, the continuing attachment of many contemporary migrants to their places of origin, signified by the word 'diaspora'. And thirdly, the attempt, by contrast, to belong and gain acceptance in places of settlement, signified by the word 'citizenship'. The series publishes work that shows engagement with and a lively appreciation of the wider social and political issues that are influenced by international migration. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Also published in Migration Studies by Palgrave MacmillanAny person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countriesThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Contents List of Figures and Maps viii List of Tables ix Preface x Notes on Contributors xiiIntroduction 1 The Sydney University team is grateful to its research partners in each country for their enthusiastic participation. Our own local and national studies would have been impossible without the advice and generous support of these colleagues. More specifically, most of the papers that led to chapters in this book were presented at the STIM International Workshop at the University of Sydney in August 2013. Nearly all those who presented papers in the workshop appear as authors of this book, so we will not name them specifically here.In addition, we would like to thank the following colleagues for advice, comments and assistance: Hein de Haas (University of Oxford), Kemal Kirişci (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul), Stuart Rosewarne (University of Sydney), Ellie Vasta (Macquarie University, Sydney) and Montserrat García Guerrero (Autonomous University of Zacatecas).We are most grateful to our interviewees in each of the case-study countries. They participated in our in-depth interviews in Ansan, Kumkapı, Zacatecas and Fairfie...

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2015

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“…First, they enable the researcher to 'fix' migration and mobility in space and time by observing and experiencing the lived spatio-temporal rhythms of movement, delay, settlement, return, etc. (King and Lulle 2015;Meeus 2012). Second, the method acknowledges the dialectical relationship between mobility and immobility, offering chances to analyse both within a transnational or translocal perspective .…”

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Context-Based Qualitative Research and Multi-sited Migration Studies in Europe

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2018

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Return to Afghanistan: Migration as Reinforcement of Socio‐Economic Stratification

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Davids

2014

Population Space and Place

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This paper explores a new avenue of the hierarchisation of mobility amongst voluntary and involuntary return migrants to Afghanistan. We introduce the concept of multidimensional and multi‐local embeddedness as an analytical approach to the multi‐sited experience of migration, which merges transnationalism and integration into one analytical framework. Drawing on an in‐depth case study that focuses on the life histories of 35 Afghan returnees from European countries, we argue that socio‐economic differences that existed prior to migration are reinforced by the migration experience, which results in strongly differentiated patterns of multidimensional embeddedness and transnational mobility. These patterns reinforce previously existing socio‐economic stratification and restrict expectations of return migration and development. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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How to ‘catch’ floating populations? Research and the fixing of migration in space and time

Cited by 40 publications

References 31 publications

‘In the beginning all is chaos …’: Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism

‘In the beginning all is chaos …’: Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism

Context-Based Qualitative Research and Multi-sited Migration Studies in Europe

Return to Afghanistan: Migration as Reinforcement of Socio‐Economic Stratification

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