Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol
This project examines how Turkish postmigrants in Germany position themselves against the influences of the German state’s integration and the Turkish government’s diasporic policies. We argue that the double influx of host and home states lures Turkish postmigrants into an <i>identity trap<...
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| author | Elif Sandal-Önal Aydın Bayad Andreas Zick N. Ekrem Düzen |
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| description | This project examines how Turkish postmigrants in Germany position themselves against the influences of the German state’s integration and the Turkish government’s diasporic policies. We argue that the double influx of host and home states lures Turkish postmigrants into an <i>identity trap</i> subjecting their in-between position to exploitation in transnational negotiations. As their own perspective is poorly addressed in literature, this study fills this gap by reference to postmigrants’ standpoint. We hypothesize that the positioning of Turkish postmigrants in Germany is reflected through identity expressions and priority of belongings. We will carry out an exploratory assessment with three work packages. Study 1 will decode the Turkish postmigrant figure addressed by both states. Major media outlets most attended by postmigrants will be analyzed to display the imagined figure. Study 2 will inform the trajectory of the Turkish national identity narrative across important milestones over the migration chronology. A structured archival study will unearth the discursive mutations through political leaders’ speeches. Finally, Study 3 will exclusively confer postmigrants’ viewpoints against both influences. The project consults a conceptual framework in terms of diaspora generating, diaspora shaping, collective nostalgia, and social cohesion to expand on understanding how Turkish postmigrants express their identities and prioritize their belongings across their in-between existence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9561c623ca8947f29af27e994a5e5fec2023-11-24T01:17:16ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782022-01-0161910.3390/genealogy6010009Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study ProtocolElif Sandal-Önal0Aydın Bayad1Andreas Zick2N. Ekrem Düzen3Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, GermanyInstitute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, GermanyInstitute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, GermanyInstitute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, GermanyThis project examines how Turkish postmigrants in Germany position themselves against the influences of the German state’s integration and the Turkish government’s diasporic policies. We argue that the double influx of host and home states lures Turkish postmigrants into an <i>identity trap</i> subjecting their in-between position to exploitation in transnational negotiations. As their own perspective is poorly addressed in literature, this study fills this gap by reference to postmigrants’ standpoint. We hypothesize that the positioning of Turkish postmigrants in Germany is reflected through identity expressions and priority of belongings. We will carry out an exploratory assessment with three work packages. Study 1 will decode the Turkish postmigrant figure addressed by both states. Major media outlets most attended by postmigrants will be analyzed to display the imagined figure. Study 2 will inform the trajectory of the Turkish national identity narrative across important milestones over the migration chronology. A structured archival study will unearth the discursive mutations through political leaders’ speeches. Finally, Study 3 will exclusively confer postmigrants’ viewpoints against both influences. The project consults a conceptual framework in terms of diaspora generating, diaspora shaping, collective nostalgia, and social cohesion to expand on understanding how Turkish postmigrants express their identities and prioritize their belongings across their in-between existence.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/1/9transnationalismTurkish postmigrantsidentity expressionbelongingsocial cohesion |
| spellingShingle | Elif Sandal-Önal Aydın Bayad Andreas Zick N. Ekrem Düzen Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol Genealogy transnationalism Turkish postmigrants identity expression belonging social cohesion |
| title | Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol |
| title_full | Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol |
| title_fullStr | Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol |
| title_short | Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol |
| title_sort | transnational influences on migrant identities and social cohesion a study protocol |
| topic | transnationalism Turkish postmigrants identity expression belonging social cohesion |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/1/9 |
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