Migrant Children, Social Capital and Access to Services Post‐Migration: Transitions, Negotiations and Complex Agencies

Sime, Daniela; Fox, Rachael

doi:10.1111/chso.12092

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“…Having children raises important questions for migrants about whether they want their children to be socialized and educated in the destination society or return to the cultural and linguistic familiarity of the home country (Moskal, ; Sime and Fox, ).…”

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Narratives of Settling in Contexts of Mobility: A Comparative Analysis of Irish and Polish Highly Qualified Women Migrants in London

Ryan

2018

International Migration

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Adopting a spatio‐temporal lens, this article explores how highly qualified migrant women negotiate relationships and career motivations in specific socio‐structural contexts. Comparing migration experiences of Irish and Polish women in London, I explore similarities within and differences between these groups. Having joined the EU in 1973, Ireland can be regarded as part of “old EU”, while Poland joining in 2004 is part of the “new” wave of EU members. Migration from old and new member states is often discussed separately using different framing. This article contributes to understanding migration in three ways. Firstly, by developing comparative analysis, which goes beyond narrow and static migrant categories. Secondly, by challenging the temporary/transient versus permanence/integration dichotomy to explore a “sliding scale” of migrant trajectories. Thirdly, by illustrating how evolving relationships, through the life cycle, may enable but also hinder migrant women's opportunities for settling in or moving on.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Narratives of Settling in Contexts of Mobility: A Comparative Analysis of Irish and Polish Highly Qualified Women Migrants in London

Ryan

2018

International Migration

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“…This often positions them as 'experts' in the family and confers them a certain advantage over their parents, especially if the parents' linguistic competence is still developing. In these situations, children can often have the main role in familiarising their parents and grandparents with the new culture and mediating their access to opportunities (see Sime & Fox, 2014a). This position can lead children to increased ambivalence towards their parents' homeland language, culture and identity, which may explain parents' and grandparents' insistence that children engage in cultural activities, which allow them to maintain their native values.…”

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Transnational intergenerationalities: cultural learning in Polish migrant families and its implications for pedagogy

Sime

Pietka-Nykaza

2015

Language and Intercultural Communication

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In this qualitative study, we examine the impact of family migration on intergenerational learning, especially in relation to the transmission of cultural values and practices. Drawing on data collected through in-depth case studies with migrant Polish children and their parents, we explore the influence of intergenerationality on children's cultural practices, values and sense of identity and the significant forms of learning that take place within transnational families. Prompted by the diverse influences on their cultural learning after migration -from statutory services, community organisations, media, peers and family across two countries -children's beliefs about the cultural values they should adopt are constantly under pressure and transformation. Using a sociocultural approach, we examine migrant children's and their parents' positions, and describe these as convergent or divergent in terms of cultural values and practices. We highlight the key role of children's agency in the processes of intergenerational learning and relations and argue that transnational intergenerationalities need to be understood as reconfigured by the new spatiality of family migration and require a more complex relational analysis, in order to inform inclusive practices in schools and community-based initiatives.En este estudio cualitativo, se analiza el impacto de la migración en el aprendizaje intergeneracional en familias, especialmente en relación con la transmisión de los valores y las prácticas culturales. Basándose en los datos recogidos de estudios detallados con niños Polacos inmigrantes y sus padres, se explora la influencia de la intergeneracionalidad en las prácticas culturales, valores y el sentido de identidad de los niños y las formas de aprendizaje más importantes que tienen lugar dentro de las familias transnacionales. Impulsados por las diversas influencias en su aprendizaje cultural después de su migración-de servicios públicos, organizaciones comunitarias, medios de comunicación, los compañeros y sus familias transnacionales-las creencias de los niños acerca de los valores culturales que deben adoptar están constantemente bajo presión y transformación. Utilizando una teoría sociocultural, examinamos las posiciones de los niños inmigrantes y de sus padres, y describimos estos como convergente o divergente en relación con los valores y prácticas culturales. Destacamos el papel clave del control de los niños en los procesos de aprendizaje y las relaciones intergeneracionales. También sostenemos que las relaciones intergeneracionales transnacionales deben entenderse como transformadas por el nuevo espacio de la migración familiar y requieren de un análisis relacional más complejo, con el fin de informar prácticas inclusivas en las escuelas y otros ámbitos sociales.

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“…Valentine and McDonald () have disclosed that prejudice is being justified with arguments that the other group is not behaving like ‘us’ and that this behaviour is believed to show minorities’ failure to integrate. Behaving differently or not following the ‘behavioural code’ of the majority's culture could be frowned upon by some members of the majority population and possibly even cause direct avoidance of places visited by ethnic minorities (Dixon & Durrheim ; Sime & Fox ). Valentine () also warns that contemporary cities are often over romanticised as ‘sites of connection’ since the grim reality shows that most everyday contacts are brief and passing, and do not entail deeper social interaction between ethnic groups.…”

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EthniCity of Leisure: A Domains Approach to Ethnic Integration During Free Time Activities

Kukk

Ham

Tammaru

2018

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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This paper investigates the most common leisure time activities, activity sites and the interaction between members of minority and majority populations as they spend their time out‐of‐home and out‐of‐workplace. We ask the question how leisure time activities are related to the ethnic dimensions of residential and workplaces. Our case study area is Tallinn, Estonia, and the main findings show that leisure time activity patterns have become very similar across the main ethnic groups, which is different from what is found for workplace and residential segregation. This shows the integrative potential of leisure time activities. However, since members of the minority and majority population still tend to visit different leisure sites, there is little interaction. We also find that people often spend their free time close to home, which implies that high levels of ethnic residential segregation translate into ethnic segregation during leisure time.

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Migrant Children, Social Capital and Access to Services Post‐Migration: Transitions, Negotiations and Complex Agencies

Cited by 65 publications

References 35 publications

Narratives of Settling in Contexts of Mobility: A Comparative Analysis of Irish and Polish Highly Qualified Women Migrants in London

Narratives of Settling in Contexts of Mobility: A Comparative Analysis of Irish and Polish Highly Qualified Women Migrants in London

Transnational intergenerationalities: cultural learning in Polish migrant families and its implications for pedagogy

EthniCity of Leisure: A Domains Approach to Ethnic Integration During Free Time Activities

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