Indian middling migrants in Wrocław: A study of migration experiences and strategies

Jaskułowski, Krzysztof

doi:10.1177/0117196817705777

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“…The notion of "middling migration" was found useful in other qualitative case studies of young Indian migrants to think through the specificity of their experiences of liminality, e.g. in the Netherlands (Kirk, Bal, & Janssen, 2017) and Poland (Jaskulowski, 2018), and has been used in a quantitative effort to identify and measure the distinctive class backgrounds of international students coming to Europe (Luthra & Platt, 2016).…”

Section: A Middle-range Theory: Middling Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

Verstappen

2021

IMISCOE Research Series

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Film and text can be complementary modes of theory formation in the field of migration studies. If the theoretical potential of filmmaking is recognized in research, this also opens opportunities for teaching migration theory through film. This argument is illustrated here through the project Living like a common man, in which both film and text were used to observe, analyse, and theorize the migration experiences of young Indians to the UK - as ‘middling migration’. The resulting film offers a stand-alone argument that is used as teaching material in courses of migration studies; while accompanying texts make the argument explicit and clarify its significance for migration scholarship.

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Section: A Middle-range Theory: Middling Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

Verstappen

2021

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“…It should be mentioned that the main city in the region is Wroclaw (100 km from Opole, 40 km from Strzelin and 30 km from Jelcz-Laskowice), which is better positioned in the global economy and is one of the most successful cities in Poland for attracting foreign capital and high-skilled migrants. Nevertheless, the population of migrants in Wroclaw is also relatively low in comparison to major cities in Western Europe, at just 0.7% of the city's population (GUS 2011;Jaskulowski 2017Jaskulowski , 2018.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies concerning the nearby city of Wroclaw demonstrate that most middle-class migrants who come there do not have children and usually are single (Jaskulowski 2018;Jaskulowski 2017). In contrast, the informants from Opole arrived with families and children.…”

Section: Opole: Patterns Of Urban Sociabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterns of Middling Migrant Sociabilities: a Case Study of a Disempowered City and Towns

Jaskułowski

2019

Int. Migration & Integration

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Drawing on scalar theory of locality and the concept of urban sociabilities, this paper discusses sociabilities, social encounters based on domains of commonality, between middling migrants and local inhabitants in three different settings in Poland. At the same time, however, the paper points out to the feeling of strangeness and otherness experienced by migrants due to cultural and social distance. In contrast to mainstream literature that concentrates on low-skilled migrants or elite professionals in global cities, the article focuses on middling migrants in two disempowered towns (Jelcz-Laskowice and Strzelin) and one city (Opole) within the Walbrzych Special Economic Zone in Poland. It shows the particularities of urban sociabilities in locations that lack wellestablished migrant communities and have peripheral status in the global economy.

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“…Thus, there are about 4,800 foreign citizens in Lower Silesian voivodeship. However, it may be assumed that most of them live in Wrocław (Jaskulowski, ). Yet, the share of migrants in Wrocław's population in comparison to Western Europe is very low (no more than 0.75%).…”

Section: Wrocław – the Meeting Place?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Study of Local Incorporation of Migrant Professionals in Wroclaw

Jaskułowski

2017

International Migration

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The aim of this article is to explore the patterns of local incorporation of migrant professionals in an urban context. It focuses on Wrocław, a Polish city that is not a traditional migration destination. Drawing on qualitative research, the article analyses migrant trajectories of local incorporation in the context of their reasons for relocation, experiences and perspectives. The article shows the irrelevance of ethnic networks for local incorporation. It demonstrates the role played by the workplace and the Internet, which allows forming sociabilities based on commonalities and shared interests, irrespective of cultural differences. It also shows the inconsistency of the city's policies and calls for policy revision. The article concludes that Wroclaw's policy seems not to correspond with the specificity of professional migration. It is argued that the city's policy is based on sedimentary and assimilationist logic that does not take into account migrants’ reasons for relocation and perspectives.

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Indian middling migrants in Wrocław: A study of migration experiences and strategies

Cited by 21 publications

References 21 publications

Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

Patterns of Middling Migrant Sociabilities: a Case Study of a Disempowered City and Towns

A Study of Local Incorporation of Migrant Professionals in Wroclaw

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