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Die Dezentrierung der Migrationsforschung

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In the last two decades migration research has experienced a significant boom that entailed the criticism of established categories and a pluralisation of theoretical and methodological approaches. Within this context a broader theoretical shift towards a decentering of migration studies can be observed. By decentering I understand the tendency towards focus less exclusively on migrants and ‚ethnic others‘ and more inclusively on mainstream social actors and institutions. The tendency towards decentering can be identified in a variety of recent theoretical approaches of migration studies. I will exemplify it by presenting insights from my ethnographic research on transnational Ghanaian migrants and on youth welfare practice in a diverse German city. As is empirically shown, the meta-theoretical figure of decentering facilitates a reflexive epistemological stance that allows for relating different methodological perspectives on migration processes and a variety of objects of study. Instead of leading to a coherent theoretical approach to migration, it facilitates modes of integrating a theoretical and methodological pluralism which is equipped to approach the increased complexity and diversity of migration-related phenomena.

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    Um sprachlichen Verkomplizierungen vorzubeugen, werden, wenn Personen unterschiedlichen Geschlechts gemeint sind, abwechselnd feminine und maskuline Formen verwendet.

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Nieswand, B. (2016). Die Dezentrierung der Migrationsforschung. In: Kazzazi, K., Treiber, A., Wätzold, T. (eds) Migration – Religion – Identität. Aspekte transkultureller Prozesse. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-06510-2_15

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