Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal
Abstract Research on international student migration has been burgeoning, leading to a more nuanced understanding of international students whose experiences were, for many years, conceptualised in a rather limited way. In this paper, we aim to advance understanding of the diversity and complexity o...
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| author | Cosmin Nada Josef Ploner Christof Van Mol Helena C. Araújo |
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| description | Abstract Research on international student migration has been burgeoning, leading to a more nuanced understanding of international students whose experiences were, for many years, conceptualised in a rather limited way. In this paper, we aim to advance understanding of the diversity and complexity of student migrants’ experiences, by proposing a new interpretive framework, developed through narrative enquiry. Based on an in-depth narrative analysis of 41 “biographical encounters” with student migrants in Portugal, we illustrate the potential of biographical approaches in highlighting students’ subjectivities, and the complex interplay of diverse factors that shape migration processes. A migration “profile” was assigned to each narrative, capable of representing its leitmotif. This biographical approach to student migration provides a more nuanced understanding of how student migration emerges in time, thus offering a methodological approach that does justice to the diversity of student migration trajectories and may enhance the empirical examination of their experiences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce088d746b58489b946853cb9fa570362023-11-26T12:36:56ZengSpringerOpenComparative Migration Studies2214-594X2023-08-0111112010.1186/s40878-023-00349-wGoing beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in PortugalCosmin Nada0Josef Ploner1Christof Van Mol2Helena C. Araújo3Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, University of PortoUniversity of ManchesterTilburg UniversityCentre for Research and Intervention in Education, University of PortoAbstract Research on international student migration has been burgeoning, leading to a more nuanced understanding of international students whose experiences were, for many years, conceptualised in a rather limited way. In this paper, we aim to advance understanding of the diversity and complexity of student migrants’ experiences, by proposing a new interpretive framework, developed through narrative enquiry. Based on an in-depth narrative analysis of 41 “biographical encounters” with student migrants in Portugal, we illustrate the potential of biographical approaches in highlighting students’ subjectivities, and the complex interplay of diverse factors that shape migration processes. A migration “profile” was assigned to each narrative, capable of representing its leitmotif. This biographical approach to student migration provides a more nuanced understanding of how student migration emerges in time, thus offering a methodological approach that does justice to the diversity of student migration trajectories and may enhance the empirical examination of their experiences.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-023-00349-wInternational student migrationBiographical approachesMigrant experienceDiversityNarratives |
| spellingShingle | Cosmin Nada Josef Ploner Christof Van Mol Helena C. Araújo Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal Comparative Migration Studies International student migration Biographical approaches Migrant experience Diversity Narratives |
| title | Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal |
| title_full | Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal |
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| title_short | Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal |
| title_sort | going beyond the typical student voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in portugal |
| topic | International student migration Biographical approaches Migrant experience Diversity Narratives |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-023-00349-w |
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