Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Genealogy 2022, 6(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6010009
Received: 20 December 2021
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Revised: 10 January 2022
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Accepted: 19 January 2022
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Published: 24 January 2022
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 identity trap 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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Sandal-Önal, E.; Bayad, A.; Zick, A.; Düzen, N.E. Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol. Genealogy 2022, 6, 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6010009
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Sandal-Önal E, Bayad A, Zick A, Düzen NE. Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol. Genealogy. 2022; 6(1):9. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6010009
Chicago/Turabian StyleSandal-Önal, Elif, Aydın Bayad, Andreas Zick, and N. Ekrem Düzen. 2022. "Transnational Influences on Migrant Identities and Social Cohesion: A Study Protocol" Genealogy 6, no. 1: 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6010009
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