Knowledge production

A Reflexive Perspective on Privileged Migration Studies. What’s the Point?

14.06.2022 , in ((Reflexive Migration Studies)) , ((No Comments))
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In political and popular discourse, migration is alternately portrayed as a problem to be managed or a danger to be fought. Consequently, the term appears to carry with it a set of social and political issues. Drawing on reflexive migration studies, it seems therefore appropriate to question how some mobile ...

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Twenty Years of ‘Reflexive’ Migration Studies: Introduction to the Blog Series

31.05.2022 , in ((Reflexive Migration Studies)) , ((No Comments))
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Research about migration has arguably been dominated by a western-, and nation-state-centered perspective. In response, reflexive debates on knowledge production have addressed methodological nationalism and colonial legacies, but also androcentrism, heteronormativity and other problematic features in scientific approaches to human mobility. This blog series aims to take stock of the ...

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