Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

IMISCOE Research Series - Visual Methodology in Migration Studies ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-67608-7_6 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 99-116

Author(s):

Sanderien Verstappen

Keyword(s):

Teaching Material ◽

Migration Studies ◽

Theory Formation ◽

Migration Theory ◽

Common Man ◽

The Uk ◽

Migration Experiences

AbstractFilm 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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Return Migration: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the UK

British Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00613.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 236-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 237

Author(s):

Christian Dustmann ◽

Yoram Weiss

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Return Migration ◽

Migration Theory ◽

The Uk

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New Greek migrant (dis)identifications in social media: Evidence from a discourse-centred online ethnographic study

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ◽

10.1057/s41599-021-00831-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mariza Georgalou

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Ethnographic Study ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Online Ethnography ◽

Highly Educated ◽

Discourse Studies ◽

The Uk ◽

Identification Processes ◽

Migration Experiences ◽

Greek Migrants

AbstractSince the eruption of the Greek crisis in 2010, thousands of highly educated and skilled Greeks have chosen or have been forced to migrate abroad in pursuit of better career prospects and living standards. This recent migratory wave has been termed ‘new’ Greek migration (Panagiotopoulou et al., 2019). Considering the transformative impact of social media on the lives and experiences of migrants as well as the pivotal role of social media in (dis)identification and identity construction processes, this paper aims at exploring the ways in which new Greek migrants construct their identities in their social media discourse. Based on a synergy between the constructionist approach to identity, discourse studies, and online ethnography, the paper presents and discusses empirical data (social media content and interviews) from five selected new Greek migrants settled in the UK and Germany, who write about and capture their migration experiences on their blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. As shown in the analysis, new Greek migrant identities are hybrid and multifaceted, constructed and negotiated through a gamut of discursive means, including stance-taking, intertextuality, entextualization, and coupling. Having the migrants’ own voice and perspective at the heart of the analysis brings to the forefront significant socio-cultural dimensions of new Greek migration, often downplayed in economic and political analyses of the phenomenon. In this fashion, the potential of social media to heighten awareness of new Greek migrants’ (dis)identification processes is verified.

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The Mental Health and Wellbeing of EU Citizens in the UK: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature

BORDER CROSSING ◽

10.33182/bc.v10i1.976 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 43-60

Author(s):

Piotr Teodorowski ◽

Ruth Woods ◽

Catriona Kennedy

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Social Connectedness ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Uk ◽

Migration Experiences ◽

Qualitative Literature

Moving to a new country impacts on migrants’ mental health and wellbeing. There are over 3.6 million European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom. We conducted a systematic review of the qualitative literature to explore what is known about their mental health and wellbeing at the post-migration stage in pre-Brexit period. We searched five databases from 1st January 2009 to 19th February 2019; Web of Science, MEDLINE, CINAHL, SocIndex and Scopus for studies. Ten papers reporting nine studies were included in this review. Two themes were constructed; a narrative of adjustment and of employment realities. The former focuses on the process of settling in and the role of social connectedness. The latter concerns employment realities with included studies exploring the financial position and employment experiences of migrants. Findings indicate that we still know relatively little about the range of post-migration experiences among EU citizens and their implications for mental health

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Paul, the Praetorium and the Saints from Caesar’s Household: Philippians Revisited in Light of Migration Theory

Journal for the Study of the New Testament ◽

10.1177/0142064x21990615 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0142064X2199061

Author(s):

Heike Omerzu

Keyword(s):

Identity Formation ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Traditional View ◽

Christian Identity ◽

Social Actor ◽

Migration Studies ◽

Early Christian ◽

The Social ◽

Migration Theory ◽

Recent Trends

This article premises that Paul wrote the letter to the Philippians while he was detained in Ephesus, not Rome as has been the traditional view, and that the πραιτώριον mentioned in Phil. 1.13 is a topographical reference – that is, a reference to a Roman administrative building, not the Imperial Guard in Rome. This πραιτώριον is likely also the place where Paul met the members of ‘Caesar’s household’ mentioned in Phil. 4.22. Engaging with Michael Flexsenhar III’s recent study Christians in Caesar’s Household (2019a), I explore the social profile of this group of imperial slaves as well as Paul’s place as a social actor in the Eastern Mediterranean in light of recent trends in Migration Studies. Both Paul himself and also the members of the familia Caesaris to whom he refers embody typical features of migration such as interconnectedness, multiple belongings and super-diversity; these are shown to be important prerequisites for Paul’s conception of early Christian identity formation.

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Introduction

IMISCOE Research Series - Visual Methodology in Migration Studies ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-67608-7_1 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-27

Author(s):

Amandine Desille ◽

Karolina Nikielska-Sekula

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Visual Anthropology ◽

Visual Methods ◽

Visual Ethnography ◽

Migration Studies ◽

Yale University ◽

Migration Theory ◽

The Face ◽

Gillian Rose

AbstractA significant effort in theorising and conceptualising the visual has been made within various disciplines. To mention only a few, Howard Becker (Art as collective action. Am Sociol Rev 767–776, 1974) in visual sociology, Lucien Taylor (Visualising theory. Routledge, 1994), Marcus Banks and Howard Morphy ((eds): Rethinking visual anthropology. Yale University Press, London, 1999) and Jay Ruby (Picturing culture: explorations of film and anthropology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2000) in visual anthropology, Chris Jenk ((ed): Visual culture. Routledge, 1995) in cultural studies, Gillian Rose (Visual methodologies: an introduction to the interpretation of visual methods. Sage, 2001) in geography and Sarah Pink (Doing visual ethnography. Sage, London, 2001) in visual ethnography, all produced fundamental works focusing on the visual in social sciences. This book, however, without diminishing the disciplinary work within the subject, proposes to approach visual methodologies in the specific context of a field of study, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that brings together geography, sociology, anthropology and communication studies. As Adrian Favell (Rebooting migration theory: interdisciplinarity, globality and postdisciplinarity in migration studies. In: Brettell C, Hollifield J (eds) Migration theory: talking across disciplines. Routledge, pp 259–278, 2007, p. 1988) has suggested: “On the face of it, there could hardly be a topic in the contemporary social sciences more naturally ripe for interdisciplinary thinking than migration studies.” In this piece we will attempt to explain why the adoption of visual methodologies in the field of migration studies is of particular interest.

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Precarious lives post Brexit vote

EU Migrant Workers, Brexit and Precarity ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447351627.003.0005 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 83-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eva A. Duda-Mikulin

Keyword(s):

Legal Status ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Contemporary World ◽

Geographic Context ◽

The Future ◽

And Migration ◽

The Uk ◽

Migration Experiences ◽

Future Plans

Chapter five considers precarity post Brexit vote and migrants’ future plans with the message that precarious legal status and a lack of guarantees are likely to affect EU migrants’ future plans. This chapter investigates the notion of ‘precarity’, particularly in relation to the paid labour market and the migrants within it. The fashioning of precarious workers is analysed and put against the backdrop of EU workforce. Precarity has been much discussed by politicians (Neilson and Rossiter 2008) and in the theorisation of neoliberal labour (Standing, 2011). This discussion provides a comparative perspective on how the socio-political, cultural, demographic and geographic context interlinks with individual migration experiences. I explore whether the process of migration always brings about some element of uncertainty and thus whether precarity and migration are synonyms. The chapter ends with discussion on precarity in contemporary world which is characterised by increased job insecurity which consequently heightens uncertainty about the future. Throughout this chapter I present extracts from interviews with migrants to the UK referring to their lives before 2016 and after as well as their plans and hopes for the future.

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