…when the category ‘migration’ lost its innocence for migration scholars. And what now? A plea for dialogue
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As I have discovered, I genuinely enjoy anniversaries and birthday parties– not just those of people, but also those of academic journals. So it came as a pleasant surprise when I was invited by the editors of this anniversary journal to engage with a wider audience and think about c ategorizations and the challenges that migration-related categories pose for migration studies, and hence for a journal called ‘Comparative Migration Studies’. As a general ‘theme’ for the anniversary celebration, the CMS editors have chosen ‘critical developments in migration studies’. For me, this reflects a commitment to reflexivity and an openness to dialogue that I value highly (and I will come back to this later). Is it not the case that typically we celebrate anniversaries by looking back instead of looking forwards , arguably missing the opportunity to challenge ourselves?
Source: Comparative Migration Studies
Author: Janine Dahinden
Institutions: nccr – on the move, University of Neuchâtel
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,490
OpenAlex ID: W4411185434