Introduction. Issue 1 (1st June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tošić, Jelena; Lems, Annika
• Is Part Of: Migration and society. Volume 2:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 11
• Publication Date: 2019-06-01
• Subjects: existential anthropology -- experience -- genealogy -- history crisis -- im/mobility -- migration -- (post)colonial; Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; 304.8
• DOI: 10.3167/arms.2019.020102
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2574-1306

Abstract

Abstract : Th is contribution introduces the collection of texts in this special section of Migration and Society exploring contemporary patterns of im/mobility between Africa and Europe. It proposes an ontological-epistemological framework for investigating present-day movements via three core dimensions: (1) a focus on im/mobility explores the intertwinement of mobility and stasis in the context of biographical and migratory pathways and thus goes beyond a binary approach to migration; (2) an existential and dialogical-ethnographic approach zooms in on individual experiences of im/mobility and shows that the personal-experiential is not apolitical, but represents a realm of everyday struggles and quests for a good life; and (3) a genealogical-historical dimension explores present-day migratory quests through their embeddedness within legacies of (post)colonial power relations and interconnections and thus counteracts the hegemonic image of immigration from Africa as having no history and legitimacy.