Jenseits der Integration. Kulturwissenschaftliche Betrachtungen einer Debatte

Practicing Willkommenskultur: Migration and Solidarity in Germany

“…German society, they claim, is moving away from the imperative of integration (Hess et al, 2009), which focuses on migration and migrants as problematic for the rest of society, towards a perspective which monitors the capability of institutions and society to open up to immigration and migrants. Ideally, this involves a move away from framing migrants as deficient subjects who lack certain qualities necessary for adapting to the host society to a culture of claiming rights and equal opportunities for migrants.…”

Creating Attractive Places

“…In this sense, the discussion did not start from the assumption that the participants were in a situation of deficit and would have to catch up in order to adapt to their new environment, as it is often the case in state-oriented approaches to integration (Do Mar Castro Varela, 2008;Hess & Moser, 2009). The participants rather presented negative aspects of Swiss society, which some perceived as too "closed" and "rigid", as reasons for difficulties in adapting.…”

Migration ist in dieser Stadt eine Tatsache. Urban politics of citizenship in der neoliberalen Stadt

“…(Plattform gegen Rassismus 2010) oder "Demokratie statt Integration" (kritnet 2010), im wissenschaftlichen Feld zum Beispiel "No integra tion?!" (Hess/Moser 2009) oder "Vergesellschaftung statt Integration" (Geisen 2010). Das Grundnarrativ des Konzepts -"Vielfalt als Tatsache" (Stadt Frankfurt 2011: 15) -wird hier zur Voraussetzung jedes Sprechens über Integration (und bedeutet dann eigentlich auch hier: "Diversity statt Integration", Terkessidis 2008; H. d. V.).…”