Introduction: Recentering the South in Studies of Migration. Issue 1 (1st June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena
• Is Part Of: Migration and society. Volume 3:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 18
• Publication Date: 2020-06-01
• Subjects: coloniality of knowledge -- decentering -- decolonial thought -- feminism -- geopolitics of knowledge -- recentering -- relationality -- South-South migration; Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; 304.8
• DOI: 10.3167/arms.2020.030102
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2574-1306

Abstract

Abstract: It has become increasingly mainstream to argue that redressing the Eurocentrism of migration studies requires a commitment to decentering global North knowledge. However, it is less clear whether this necessarily means "recentering the South." Against this backdrop, this introduction starts by highlighting diverse ways that scholars, including the contributors to this special issue, have sought to redress Eurocentrism in migration studies: (1) examining the applicability of classical concepts and frameworks in the South; (2) filling blind spots by studying migration in the South and South-South migration; and (3) engaging critically with the geopolitics of knowledge production. The remainder of the introduction examines questions on decentering and recentering, different ways of conceptualizing the South, and—as a pressing concern with regard to knowledge production —the politics of citation. In so doing, the introduction critically delineates the contours of these debates, provides a frame for this volume, and sets out a number of key thematic and editorial priorities for Migration and Society moving forward.