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Against 'immigrant integration': for an end to neocolonial knowledge production.
1Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Comparative Migration Studies
|October 27, 2018
Summary
This paper critiques immigrant integration research for weak conceptual frameworks and argues its monitoring functions as neocolonial knowledge. It proposes moving beyond integration concepts to study migrant experiences across social ecologies.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Migration Studies
- Political Science
Background:
- Immigrant integration research often lacks robust conceptual grounding.
- Existing frameworks may perpetuate power dynamics and colonial legacies.
- The notion of 'society' in integration studies requires critical re-evaluation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critique the conceptual limitations of immigrant integration research.
- To expose immigrant integration monitoring as a neocolonial knowledge practice.
- To propose a new research paradigm focusing on migrant mobility across social ecologies.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual critique of sociological theories and research practices.
- Analysis of power dynamics in immigrant integration monitoring.
- Theoretical proposition for alternative research frameworks.
Main Results:
- Immigrant integration research suffers from poor conceptualization, particularly regarding 'society'.
- Integration monitoring is identified as a neocolonial knowledge system tied to power structures.
- Current research paradigms fail to adequately capture the complexities of migrant experiences.
Conclusions:
- Social science must move beyond 'immigrant integration' and 'society' as analytical categories.
- A new approach is needed to study migrants' journeys across diverse social ecologies.
- This involves developing an 'imagination against the grain' to understand migrant experiences authentically.
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