Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants
Based on our longitudinal, in‐depth qualitative research focusing on the social construction of deskilling among highly educated migrants from Central and Eastern European (CEE) member states of the European Union, we will discuss in this article the positioning of the interview partners within the...
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| author | Elisabeth Scheibelhofer Clara Holzinger Anna-Katharina Draxl |
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| description | Based on our longitudinal, in‐depth qualitative research focusing on the social construction of deskilling among highly educated migrants from Central and Eastern European (CEE) member states of the European Union, we will discuss in this article the positioning of the interview partners within the interview situation as interrelated to societal racialised power asymmetries. In this contribution, we exemplify that critical migration research can only be carried out when we reflect on our methods accordingly. To do so, we discuss actual evidence from this ongoing research project: While we see that many of our interview partners from new EU member states are reluctant to point to negative experiences in our conversations, we want to highlight that the potentiality of discrimination is part of the interview setting in our research and thus co‐constructs the empirical data. By analysing a variety of discursive positioning strategies employed by our interview partners that can be understood as strategies to avoid anticipated discrimination, we aim to fulfil the promise of methodological reflexivity and thus contribute to the quality of interview research in the context of migration studies. The aim of this contribution is thus twofold: We want to contribute to methodological discussions as well as refine current research focussing on the racist experiences of CEE migrants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cae13cd55c4e435e87f6a6b46647d29c2023-04-18T09:42:13ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032023-04-01112808910.17645/si.v11i2.64682981Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified MigrantsElisabeth Scheibelhofer0Clara Holzinger1Anna-Katharina Draxl2Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Sociology, University of Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Sociology, University of Vienna, AustriaBased on our longitudinal, in‐depth qualitative research focusing on the social construction of deskilling among highly educated migrants from Central and Eastern European (CEE) member states of the European Union, we will discuss in this article the positioning of the interview partners within the interview situation as interrelated to societal racialised power asymmetries. In this contribution, we exemplify that critical migration research can only be carried out when we reflect on our methods accordingly. To do so, we discuss actual evidence from this ongoing research project: While we see that many of our interview partners from new EU member states are reluctant to point to negative experiences in our conversations, we want to highlight that the potentiality of discrimination is part of the interview setting in our research and thus co‐constructs the empirical data. By analysing a variety of discursive positioning strategies employed by our interview partners that can be understood as strategies to avoid anticipated discrimination, we aim to fulfil the promise of methodological reflexivity and thus contribute to the quality of interview research in the context of migration studies. The aim of this contribution is thus twofold: We want to contribute to methodological discussions as well as refine current research focussing on the racist experiences of CEE migrants.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/6468discriminationeveryday experienceshighly skilledinterviewing analysismigrationpositioning |
| spellingShingle | Elisabeth Scheibelhofer Clara Holzinger Anna-Katharina Draxl Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants Social Inclusion discrimination everyday experiences highly skilled interviewing analysis migration positioning |
| title | Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants |
| title_full | Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants |
| title_fullStr | Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants |
| title_short | Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants |
| title_sort | confronting racialised power asymmetries in the interview setting positioning strategies of highly qualified migrants |
| topic | discrimination everyday experiences highly skilled interviewing analysis migration positioning |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/6468 |
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