Mapping migration detention: Mixed methods, grounded theory, transdisciplinary encounters

The more difficult it is to access a research field, the more substantial the need to develop creative methodological models. Investigating the psychosocial impact of migration-related carceral spaces constitutes one such research field. To shed light on these spaces and counter the challenges of op...

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Main Authors: Julia Manek, Amy Nethery, Francesca Esposito, Pau Pérez-Sales, Holger Horz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Methods in Psychology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590260123000206
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Summary:The more difficult it is to access a research field, the more substantial the need to develop creative methodological models. Investigating the psychosocial impact of migration-related carceral spaces constitutes one such research field. To shed light on these spaces and counter the challenges of opacity, harm, and power asymmetries, we propose a psycho-geographical counter-mapping as a mixed methods approach based on grounded theory (MM-GT). Applying it to immigration detention and refugee confinement sites in Mexico and Samos, our analysis proposes a fully integrated and sequential design that can be adapted to a range of carceral spaces and subjectivation in transdisciplinary research.
ISSN:2590-2601