Researching Transnational Childhoods

Zeitlyn, Benjamin; Mand, Kanwal

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2012.677179

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“…This, coupled with the post-1990s focus on transnational phenomena, required a move to multiple sites of observation and participation that bridge dichotomies such as the 'local' and the 'global', 'lifeworlds' and the 'system' (Marcus 1995, p. 95). The case for comparative multi-sited research is also supported by recent writings on the second generation and transnational childhood, which highlight the need for closer attention both to the differences between national contexts and to the role of local settings (Morawska 2003;Thomson and Crul 2007;Zeitlyn and Mand 2012). Accordingly, the current research is based on what is known as a divergent comparative approach (Green 1997), in that it examines Albanian migrants and their descendants at three different research sites, following the migrants as they 'diverged' out from a common point of origin: Albania.…”

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Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World

Vathi

2015

IMISCOE Research Series

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This series is the official book series of IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world. It comprises publications which present empirical and theoretical research on different aspects of international migration. The authors are all specialists, and the publications a rich source of information for researchers and others involved in international migration studies.The series is published under the editorial supervision of the IMISCOE Editorial Committee which includes leading scholars from all over Europe. The series, which contains more than eighty titles already, is internationally peer reviewed which ensures that the book published in this series continue to present excellent academic standards and scholarly quality. Most of the books are available open access.For information on how to submit a book proposal, please visit: http://www. imiscoe.org/publications/how-to-submit-a-book-proposal. Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. All commercial rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher's location, in its current version, and permission for commercial use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for commercial use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.Printed on acid-free paper PrefaceComparative research on migration is a growing trend in academia. Yet very few studies that compare migrants and their descendants across different sites exist. Study of the integration of the children of migrants-the so-called 'second-generation'-is itself a recent trend in social science research and migration literature. Their integration is thought to be an important indicator of the degree of integration of immigrants into a specific society. This book offers an in-depth, qualitative analysis of the integration of Albanian migrants and their descendants in Europe. It is also the first full-l...

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Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World

Vathi

2015

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“…With parents' support, we also collected children's photographs, journals, drawings and artefacts made at home. All these stories, pictures and artworks can help to discover children's imaginings (Young and Ansell 2006;Zeitlyn and Mand 2012). Deleuze and Guattari (1987) use the rhizome to articulate their antihierarchical philosophical stance in attempt to derail modernist, linear thinking.…”

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Becoming transnational: exploring multiple identities of students in a Mandarin–English bilingual programme in Canada

Zhang

Guo

2014

Globalisation, Societies and Education

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Guided by post-structural perspectives of identities as processes of becoming and transculturation and transnationalism, this study explores how multilingual students in a Mandarin-English bilingual programme form their sense of identities in a dynamic process. Multiple forms of data are collected, including observations, interviews and documents. The findings indicate that multilingual students are mobile, namely, they move across linguistic, cultural and ethnic spaces of interaction. In addition, they challenge the dominant discourse of any fixed and hyphenated identity and take up transcultural and transnational identities that allow their comfortable circulation among different worlds. This study calls for a need to unfold children's multiple and mobile identities and explores new possibilities for life.

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“…Further reflections on these methods are discussed in Zeitlyn and Mand (2012). These yielded interesting information about their ideas of the aesthetic, clothing and identities.…”

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“…These methods allowed reflection upon positionality in different contexts and an awareness of the way that power and insider/outside status shifted over time and space (Zeitlyn and Mand, 2012). These were addressed through methods that were multi-sited and involved long-term ethnographic fieldwork and arts-based activities with families.…”

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Making sense of the smell of Bangladesh

Zeitlyn

2013

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This article draws links between the sense of smell, aesthetic choices concerning clothes, ideas about modernity and the aspirations of young British Bangladeshis. In doing so it highlights the preconscious and conscious factors that inform the identities that British Bangladeshis express. The article argues that despite its importance for our sense of belonging, the sense of smell has been neglected in accounts of identity. This discussion leads to a critique of Bourdieu's notion of habitus and illustrates the ways in which the conscious elements of habitus draw upon the unconscious. Dispositions towards the smell of Bangladesh feed into ways in which British Bangladeshis express their identities through aesthetic choices and in turn reveal preferences for different discourses of modernity.

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Researching Transnational Childhoods

Cited by 51 publications

References 16 publications

Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World

Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World

Becoming transnational: exploring multiple identities of students in a Mandarin–English bilingual programme in Canada

Making sense of the smell of Bangladesh

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