Author's Corner
Mê-Linh Riemann | Leaving Spain
‘Leaving Spain’ is based on 58 autobiographical narrative interviews with recent Spanish migrants who went to the UK and Germany, and sometimes returned. "Their stories are stories of vulnerability, but also of human resilience and finding creative solutions in times of adversity", explains Mê-Linh Riemann.
Lore Van Praag | Co-creation in Migration Studies
How do co-creative methods contribute to efforts to understand and facilitate integration processes of migrants in migrant societies? Co-creation in Migration Studies aims to analyse the use of co-creative methods in migrant research and policy making, to reflect on the conditions necessary to successfully implement these methods, and to offer new insights and recommendations for future research and policy making practices. Editor Lore Van Praag shares some insights from behind the scenes and talks about what this project entails.
Fiona-Katharina Seiger | Migration at Work
The willingness to migrate in search of employment is in itself insufficient to compel anyone to move. The dynamics of labour mobility are heavily influenced by the opportunities perceived and the imaginaries held by both employers and regulating authorities in relation to migrant labour.
Benjamin Nickl | Turkish German Muslims and Comedy Entertainment
Comedy entertainment is a powerful arena for serious public engagement with questions of German national identity and Turkish German migration.
Leen d’Haenens | Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe
Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other.
Ellen Debackere | Welkom in Antwerpen?
"Dit boek toont aan dat wie een complex en gelaagd fenomeen als migratiebeleid wil begrijpen, rekening zal moeten houden met heel veel factoren, ...