Travelling origins: Migrant belonging in times of post-migration mobilities. Issue 2 (1st October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tissot, Anna Xymena
• Is Part Of: Crossings. Volume 10:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 293
• Page End: 313
• Publication Date: 2019-10-01
• Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Multiculturalism -- Periodicals; 304.8205
• DOI: 10.1386/cjmc_00008_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-4344

Abstract

This article builds on the recent discussion about migrants' post-migration mobilities. Although existing studies show the types and patterns of movement that migrants undertake, less attention has been paid to the question of how these movements influence their sense of belonging, their self-understanding and their perception of their origins. On the basis of 47 autobiographical interviews with young adults of Polish heritage in Germany and Canada, this article argues that belonging in times of post-migration mobilities can be grasped through the concepts of contextual self-understanding, accumulating and travelling origins. It thus extends conceptual frameworks by endeavouring to understand the effects of mobility on migrants' lives.