Growing up in Diaspora – Education and Family of East African Refugees in Germany

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-8474-3065-0
Verlag: Barbara Budrich

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Reflexive Übergangsforschung – Doing Transitions

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Buches stehen die Lebenserfahrungen junger ostafrikanischer Flüchtlinge in Deutschland. An der Schnittstelle von Migrations- und Transitionsforschung angesiedelt, zeichnet die Autorin ein umfassendes Bild davon, wie junge Flüchtlinge mit den Herausforderungen der Partizipation in den Bereichen Bildung und Beruf umgehen. Wie gelingt es ihnen, eine transnationale Familiengemeinschaft inmitten der institutionalisierten Diskriminierung in der Aufnahmegesellschaft aufrechtzuerhalten? Die Arbeit porträtiert verschiedene Wege der Bewältigung von Übergangszwängen und zeigt, wie junge Flüchtlinge ihre biografischen Verläufe mit den ihnen zur Verfügung stehenden soziokulturellen und biografischen Ressourcen gestalten.

Zielgruppe

Education

Autoren/Hrsg.

She, Miaojun

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Boundary-making and an Inquiry about “Young Refugees”
2.1. Refugees in the global nation system
2.1.1. The nation-state system and its influence on East Africa
2.1.2. Border imperialism and categorization of people on the move
2.2. Youth in the modern meritocracy
2.2.1. Between youth and adulthood
2.2.2. Capitalism and marginalization of young adults
2.3. An inquiry about “young refugees” and their “double transitions”
2.4. A brief overview of the research field
3. A Post-structuralist and Post-colonial Biographical Transition Research—Theory and Method
3.1. Toward a theory of (un)doing biographical transitions
3.1.1. The framework of doing differences and doing transitions
3.1.2. Practice theory as the analytical lens
3.2. Biographical research in a post-structuralist and post-colonial tradition
3.2.1. The German tradition of biographical research and its connection with practice theory
3.2.2. Biographical research and post-structuralism
3.2.3. Biographical research and post-colonialism
3.3. Reflexivity as the principle of research practice
4. Research Design and Procedures
4.1. Research design and access to the field
4.1.1. The biographical narrative interview
4.1.2. Recruitment and sampling
4.2. Evaluation and analysis
4.2.1. Evaluation principles
4.2.2. Analyzing steps
4.3. Ethical Considerations
4.4. Limitation of the research design and method
5. Growing up in Diaspora: Case Illustrations
5.1. Kai: Growing up with escape and resilience
5.1.1. Research process and interview constellations
5.1.2. Biographical portrait: living with warfare and resistance
5.1.3. Theoretical summary: education and biographical resistance
5.2. Markus: Longing for equality and cohabitation
5.2.1. Research process and interview constellations
5.2.2. Biographical portrait: escaping persecution and discrimination
5.2.3. Theoretical summary: community and social orientation
5.3. Dilara: coping with marginalization and loneliness
5.2.1. Research process and interview constellations
5.3.2. Biographical portrait: growing up with trauma and hope
5.3.3. Theoretical summary: connection and doing agency
6. Growing up in Diaspora: Dimensions of transitions
6.1. Cases in Overview: Growing up in Diaspora
6.2. Education and the dialectic of vulnerability and resilience
6.2.1. Education in young refugees’ transitions: challenges and opportunities
6.2.2. Educational aspiration and biographical resources
6.2.3. Biographical learning and the dialectic of vulnerability and resilience
6.3. Family and the dialectic of transmission and transformation
6.3.1. Family and the collective migratory path
6.3.2. The transnational familyhood
6.3.3. Strong ties versus weak ties
6.3.4. The dialectic between transmission and transformation
6.4. Temporality—linking the past, present and future in transitions
6.4.1. Temporality in the migration governance
6.4.2. Doing optimism through the imagination of future
6.4.3. Defining agency in the temporal dimension
7. Conclusion and Prospect: Exploring Transitions in Time and Space
7.1. From double transitions to relational transitions
7.2. Research limitations and prospect
References
Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Miaojun She, is a researcher at the Institute for Applied Family, Childhood and Youth Research, University of Potsdam, Germany.