Beyond integration versus homeland attachment: how migrant organizations affect processes of anchoring and embedding

Barglowski, Karolina; Bonfert, Lisa

doi:10.1080/01419870.2022.2139150

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“…Hence, they succeeded in building bridges between the Russian culture and the Hebrew culture of the countries' elites. This finding also shows the importance of MOs as a bridge between emigration and immigration countries as well as places where people can find a sense of belonging in migration (Barglowski and Bonfert 2022a). Drawing on these insights, this research illuminates the importance of cultural capital in social protection as well as the role of MOs as places for both belonging and protection.…”

Section: Migrant Organizations and Cultural Capitalmentioning

confidence: 58%

‘Finding My Own Way’: Mobilization of Cultural Capital through Migrant Organizations in Germany

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Migrant organizations MOs), as associations that are founded, managed, and led by people with migration biographies, have recently emerged as facilitators of social protection interventions. This article is devoted to this barely debated issue of MOs in the field of social protection, by emphasizing their role in facilitating the mobilization and access to cultural capital as an important determinant of protection and wellbeing of people with migration biographies. Specifically, we study how MOs promote the formation and mobilization of skills and resources to be used in different fields, in particular in the education and labor markets. We find that MOs facilitate various occasions for their members to generate migration-specific cultural capital, predominantly in the field of education and language skills. MOs also promote the creation and institutionalization of cultural capital on the labor market. In addition, our results show that people with a migration background appreciate their participation in migrants’ organizations, because they allow them to pursue their own projects and find their own way through the different phases of migration and settlement, in often challenging environments.

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Section: Migrant Organizations and Cultural Capitalmentioning

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“…On the one hand, family values and shared interpretations of success may promote a desire to conform to expectations associated with these values (Davis‐Kean, 2005; Yamamoto & Holloway, 2010). In this way, we argue that families can represent an important point of orientation and reference, especially in the context of uprooting experiences related to migration (Barglowski, 2019a; Barglowski & Bonfert, 2023a). On the other hand, migration can also challenge the norms that govern interpretations of success and its determinants (Goulbourne et al., 2010; López & Williams, 2023; Usta, 2023).…”

Section: Family Relations and Social Positioning In Migration Contextsmentioning

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“…The notion of a ʻstatus paradox' indicates the simultaneous experience of a loss and gain in status compared to different reference groups (Nieswand, 2011). The perceived loss is often related to racialized experiences in the destination country that create barriers to belonging, socio‐emotional well‐being, and status (Barglowski & Bonfert, 2023a; Yuval‐Davis, 2006). Ambivalence occurs when, simultaneously, the new living circumstances in a more affluent and ʻdeveloped' country promote an experienced improvement in relation to the country of origin (Rye, 2019).…”

Section: Social Positioning In the Context Of Cross‐border Family Rel...mentioning

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“…Using her self‐defined social environment as a continuous benchmark in this way, Adola expresses high levels of confidence and comfort in pursuing and evaluating her success. Hence, detached transnational social positions are driven by cross‐border family settings that serve as an indisputable anchor regardless of place, thus promoting distinct feelings of belonging, security, and consistency in transnational spaces (Barglowski & Bonfert, 2023a; Grzymala‐Kazlowska, 2016).…”

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Transnational social positioning through a family lens: How cross‐border family relations shape subjective social positions in migration contexts

Bonfert,

Barglowski,

Faist

2023

Global Networks

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This article examines transnational social positioning through a family lens. Based on interviews with people who moved to Germany as young adults, we show that socialization and expectations in families coin individual understandings of success as an important baseline for social positioning, while migration challenges these understandings and social position evaluations in complex ways. With a specific focus on evolving processes of social comparison, we look at the role of the family in shaping three forms of transnational social position: (i) transnational status paradox, (ii) attached transnational social positions, and (iii) detached transnational social positions. By demonstrating the various ways in which family relationships affect social positioning in migration contexts, this study contributes to discussions on the links between migration and perceptions of social position, and to our understanding of transnational social structures.

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“…261-62). In this way, we also seek to engage in recent debates about conceptual alternatives to "integration" by emphasizing the sociological processes of place-attachment (see Amelina 2022; Barglowski and Bonfert 2022a).…”

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The Affective Dimension of Social Protection: A Case Study of Migrant-Led Organizations and Associations in Germany

Barglowski

Bonfert

2022

Social Sciences

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This article follows the recent ‘affective turn’ in social sciences and migration scholarship by analyzing the role of emotions in the handling of social risks by people with different migration biographies. The study is based on large-scale research with migrant organizations in Germany, which are important, though often neglected, sources of social protection, identity development, and community building. Interviews and egocentric network diagrams with people using services in various organizations demonstrate the impact of emotions on social protection practices. Contrasting these practices among adult movers, the German-born, and the 1.5 generation with different migration biographies, we shed light on the processual, material, and relational nature and the emotional dimensions of dealing with social risks. In doing so, this work aims to engage in discussions on emotions in migration and settlement processes and to increase the understanding of their impact on social protection.

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Beyond integration versus homeland attachment: how migrant organizations affect processes of anchoring and embedding

Cited by 4 publications

References 44 publications

‘Finding My Own Way’: Mobilization of Cultural Capital through Migrant Organizations in Germany

‘Finding My Own Way’: Mobilization of Cultural Capital through Migrant Organizations in Germany

Transnational social positioning through a family lens: How cross‐border family relations shape subjective social positions in migration contexts

The Affective Dimension of Social Protection: A Case Study of Migrant-Led Organizations and Associations in Germany

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