Disputas: Guri Tyldum

Cand.polit i statsvitenskap Guri Tyldum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) ved Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi.

The social meanings of migration

Guri Tyldum

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Tid og sted for prøveforelesning:

Tid: 30. november 2015 kl. 09.15

Sted: Auditorium 2, Eilert Sundts hus

Tittel: "The motivational dimension of international migration processes."

 

Bedømmelseskomité:

  • Førsteopponent: Professor Giuseppe Sciortino, Department of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy
  • Andreopponent: Professor Yasemin Soysal, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK

  • Komitéleder: Professor Inger Furseth, Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi, Universitetet i Oslo 


Leder av disputas:

Professor Torben Hviid Nielsen, Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi, Universitetet i Oslo

 

Veiledere:

  • Hovedveileder: Professor Grete Brochmann, Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi, Universitetet i Oslo 

  • Biveileder: Professor May-Len Skilbrei, Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi, Universitetet i Oslo 

 

The thesis addresses the relationship between systems of social meaning and migration practices. Systems of social meaning shape migration decisions as migration come to be understood as a possible and sometimes even a necessary choice, for people in particular roles in particular situations of life. In the thesis the study of migration decisions is approached from the perspective of a community of origin, showing how migration can be understood as part of the cultural repertoires from which people devise their strategies, and how distinct migration practices can exist side by side in a community. Analysing migration decisions in light of systems of social meanings can also shed light on how migration practises emerge and are reproduced.

The thesis gives particular emphasis to the systems of meaning embedded in the institution of family, and shows how family roles and notions of responsibility tied to these roles can influence migration decisions. It shows how lack of access to divorce, absence of reasons to stay and conflicts in the family can be conceptualised as reasons for migration, and addresses the need to recognise that women, when framed as mothers, may not have available to them a discourse that allows them to talk about migration as an act to improve their own lives.

Methodologically the thesis draws on narrative analysis of interview data, and demonstrates how this approach can enable the study of migration as embedded in systems of social meaning in communities of origin. It argues the importance of the interview for researchers to understanding social practices in other contexts than their own, but point to the ethical responsibilities that come with recruiting respondents for interviews, as well as epistemological limitations for analysis of interview data. The analysis draws on data from Western Ukraine, produced though four rounds of fieldwork conducted between 2008 and 2011

 

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Publisert 6. nov. 2015 10:15 - Sist endret 15. aug. 2023 13:21