From connecting to social anchoring: adaptation and 'settlement' of Polish migrants in the UK
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 252-269
ISSN: 1469-9451
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In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 252-269
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Band 50, Heft 6, S. 1123-1139
ISSN: 1469-8684
The article presents the emergent concept of social anchoring. The proposed concept represents a new theoretical approach to analysing the notions of identity and social integration in contemporary increasingly super-diverse and 'fluid' societies. The conceptual framework of anchoring links the issues of identity, security and integration. It enables the limitations of subjectively defined identity to be overcome by allowing the inclusion of objective aspects. It focuses on the role of identity for adaptation and ways in which individuals, especially migrants, establish essential footholds in their lives in a complex and changeable society. The development of this theoretical approach can enable identification of the source(s) of socio-psychological stability which individuals need for societal integration.
In: Kultura i społeczeństwo: kwartalnik, Band 57, Heft 3, S. 45-60
ISSN: 0023-5172
In: Kultura i społeczeństwo: kwartalnik, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 131-156
ISSN: 0023-5172
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 31, Heft 4, S. 675-697
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 31, Heft 4, S. 675-698
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Kultura i społeczeństwo: kwartalnik, Band 48, Heft 1, S. 13-34
ISSN: 0023-5172
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 29, Heft 6, S. 1102
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 179-196
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Sociological research online, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 15-27
ISSN: 1360-7804
The arrival of superdiversity raises a wide range of methodological issues that warrant further consideration by social researchers conducting research in superdiverse contexts. The complex multi-layering of population settlement that has emerged due to successive waves of migration means that identities, lived experience and access to services including welfare are played out in a plethora of different ways, often determined by the interplay of a range of socio-economic variables alongside structural characteristics, which influence the fundamental rights and entitlements of individuals living in the UK and in turn their settlement and adaptation experiences. This paper reflects on the limitations of ethno-centric research designs, which concentrate on ethnicity as the most important unit of analysis, and calls for more participatory and multidimensional methodologies that engage diverse participants and reflect the levels of socio-demographic complexity experienced in urban areas of society. It then moves on to discuss a number of specific methodological challenges associated with complex populations. In particular sampling and access issues associated with diverse migrant populations will be considered. The latter part of this paper discusses the adoption of a range of research approaches that offer promising potential in terms of better capturing and understanding the heterogeneity, complexity and fluidity concomitant with superdiversity as well as engaging a range of community stakeholders in the production of knowledge.
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 48, Heft 1, S. 173-191
ISSN: 1469-9451