scholarly journals Analysis of Students’ Perceptions of Life Stories about Lesbian Migrant Women as a Teaching Resource

2014 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 291-294
Author(s):  
Arecia Aguirre ◽  
Ana Doménech ◽  
Lidón Moliner
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Teaching Resource

scholarly journals Gender and Migration in Greece: The Position and Status of Albanian Women in Patras

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (77) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitra Charalampopoulu
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Greek Society ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Impact

Greece has experienced major changes in its migration patterns.After a century or so of emigration, it has now become a country of immigration. Much academic research has concentrated on the impact this change has on Greek society. However, there is a tendency to ignore the role that gender plays in the migration process. This article addresses the issue of Albanian immigration to Greece, focusing on the aspect of gender. It presents the living and working conditions of Albanian women who migrate to Greece, especially to one of its cities, Patras. It examines the new migration process through the eyes of women migrants. It is centred on their narration about their journey to Greece, their decision to migrate, the problems that they face, their experiences and plans for the future: in short, their life stories. Finally, the article draws attention to the need for further research on issues concerning migrant women in Greece.

The Contrasts of Migration Narratives. From Germany to the Swedish Garment Industry during the 1950s

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Svanberg
Keyword(s):  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Migration Narratives ◽  
Post War ◽  
Migration Experiences ◽  
Migration Systems

This article combines a migration-systems approach with oral history and a local-level perspective. It focuses on migrant women recruited from Schleswig-Holstein to a Swedish garment factory in the early 1950s. These migrants were around 20 years old and single; about half of them were German wartime refugees and early post-war expellees from Central and Eastern Europe. The article analyses how migrants articulate retrospective narratives, as regards the different steps (background, journey and interactions in the receiving society) of the migration process. It shows how migrants’ life stories are narratively constructed around contrastive elements and turning points, which correspond to the three steps of their migration experiences. The article also argues that oral sources can be used both to study subjective dimensions of individual migration experiences, and to illuminate important details of past migrations.

scholarly journals Constructing Meaningful Lives: Biographical Methods in Research on Migrant Women

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umut Erel
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
The Self ◽  
Collective Modes ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Modes Of Life ◽  
Meaningful Lives

The article argues that biographical methods are particularly suited to shift the methodological and theoretical premises of migration research to foreground the agency and subjectivity of migrant women. It is argued that structural and cultural readings can usefully be applied to the self-representations of migrant women. The context of migrant women's self-representations is explored through looking at the story-telling communities they develop and through the expert knowledges of institutions regulating migration. The dichotomisation of unique versus collective modes of life-stories is questioned. Applying the Foucauldian concept of subjugated knowledges, it is argued that migrant women's life-stories hold transformative potential for producing knowledges critical of gendered and ethnocised power relations that research should pay attention to.

scholarly journals Telling digital stories as feminist research and practice: A 2-day workshop with migrant women in London

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 205979911876842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Vacchelli ◽  
Magali Peyrefitte
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Qualitative Social Research ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
Set Up

In this article, we look at Digital Storytelling (DS) as a specifically feminist epistemology within qualitative social research methods. Digital Storytelling is a process allowing research participants to tell their stories in their own words through a guided creative workshop that includes the use of digital technology, participatory approaches, and co-production of personal stories. The article draws on a 2-day Digital Storytelling workshop with migrant women which was set up to understand the life stories and work trajectories of volunteers working in the women’s community and voluntary sector in London. By outlining this innovative approach, the article highlights its potential and makes a case for Digital Storytelling as a feminist approach to research while taking into account epistemological, practical, and ethical considerations.

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