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Can Migration Studies Be Decolonized?.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vanyoro, Kudakwashe.
- Series:
- Decolonization and Social Worlds Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decolonization.
- Colonial influence.
- Genre:
- Case studies
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- What does it really mean to "decolonize" migration studies?Often the term is used as a slogan, without asking whether it genuinely changes research or simply replaces one dominant framework with another.This book explores when decolonial approaches create new openings and when they risk shutting down debate.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Series Editors' Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Argument
- Outline of the book
- 1 On Colonialism
- The invasion of Africa
- Settler colonialism makes African borders and subjects
- The motivations of colonialism
- Colonial science
- The civilizing mission and its contradictions
- Conclusion
- 2 Decolonization, Decoloniality, and Modernity
- Historical decolonization
- Waging wars
- Decolonizing 'Empire'
- Neocolonialism in postcolonial Africa
- Epistemic decolonization
- On (de)coloniality
- 3 Migration and Colonialism
- Precolonial African states and mobilities
- Colonialism and migration
- Implications of this labour system
- Conflict, postcolonial violence, and forced displacement
- Forced immobility
- 4 Contemporary Migration Governance
- Global migration governance
- The international migration system over time
- The African migration system
- 5 Institutionalization of Migration Studies
- Formulating a theory of migration studies as coloniality
- Emergence and evolution of migration studies
- The centrality of assuming policy relevance
- The importance of internal coherence
- To understand migration dynamics
- Policy development and advocacy
- Addressing refugee and displacement issues
- Community/public engagement and capacity building
- Filling research gaps
- Global collaboration
- 6 Rethinking Power in Research Partnerships
- Situating the problem
- Problematizing fieldwork
- North-South research partnerships
- Tensions between academic and social meanings of reciprocity.
- Framing an ethics of responsibility in African society
- Who is responsible for representing what?
- Ubuntu
- Doing migration fieldwork
- The politics of revealing identities
- Looking out for the welfare of community members
- 7 Participatory Methods and Migration Studies
- Participatory methods
- Case study: MoVE projects in South Africa
- Using the master's tools? Critical lessons from a case study
- 8 Migration, (De)Coloniality, and the Burden of Looking Forwards
- Setting the scene
- Relating time to the burden of looking forwards
- Relating these systems and epistemologies to ontological issues
- Resolving the burden of looking forwards in our institutions
- Concluding remarks
- Notes
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 8
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
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- ISBN:
- 1-5292-4239-8
- 9781529242393
- OCLC:
- 1584488612
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