Challenging knowledge production on migration with statactivism: the category 'migration background' and some destabilizations.
'Migration background' has been an official category of population statistics in Germany since 2006 and has become an integral part of knowledge production about Germany as an immigration country. However, 'migration background' is not only a way of constructing 'migrant' and 'native' populations; i...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 50; no. 9; pp. 2247 - 2268 |
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May2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=176695548&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 176695548 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2024 vid: 50 iid: 9 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 176695548 10.1080/1369183X.2024.2307776 ppf: 2247 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2MB tig: atl: Challenging knowledge production on migration with statactivism: the category 'migration background' and some destabilizations. aug: au: Will, Anne-Kathrin affil: Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany su: Emigration & immigration Population statistics Nationalism Data analysis Germany sug: subj: Germany Emigration & immigration Population statistics Nationalism Data analysis keyword: knowledge production methodological nationalism Migration background migration research statactivism ab: 'Migration background' has been an official category of population statistics in Germany since 2006 and has become an integral part of knowledge production about Germany as an immigration country. However, 'migration background' is not only a way of constructing 'migrant' and 'native' populations; it is also employed as a marker of ethnic inequality and often differentiated into subgroups to stand for national links or ethnic descent. I reflect on these observations as utterances of methodological nationalism inscribed into data practices and (non)knowledge production in migration research. I link them to ideas about statactivism (Bruno et al. 2014. "Statactivism." Partezipatione & Conflitto 7 (2): 198–220) as a means of intervention. I give some examples of how I have tried to destabilize the usual (non)knowledge production in migration research and reflect on the possibilities for individual researchers to do so. My ethnographic analysis is based on a close reading of national statistical reports, fieldwork in statistical offices, participatory observations in workshops, informal and formal interviews, and my own involvement in (non)knowledge production. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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