IN-MI-NET project seeks to contribute towards shifting many Europeans’ views on the experiences of migration and settlement through a seven-part podcast series.
The IN-MI-NET project takes the best of these podcast practices and seeks to bring together academics/researchers, practitioners, and refugees in conversation with one another on diverse topics related to social networks and migration.
Podcast Themes:
- Citizenship: How do citizenship, rights and legal protections influence one’s ability to build social network and sense of belonging? What does it mean for refugees and stateless people if the state/ host country does not protect or bestow their rights? How do they use social networks to compensate for it or take advantage of citizenship rights?
- Ethnicity/ Nationality: Do ethnic/national identities facilitate productive social networks for better sense of inclusion in host communities? To what extent do ethnic/national bonds contribute to othering and exclusion? Are ethnicity/nationality-based social networks a cause or a consequence of inclusion/exclusion for people on the move?
- City: Can a city-based identity offer a sense of belonging and social networks if the state/nations do not? How do migrants conceptualise their belonging beyond the prism of the state/citizenship using their city/camp/locality?
- Language: How do linguistic skills influence the ability to belong and take advantage of social networks? Can language skills allow social networks to form, or are they not enough to allow a sense of belonging if other forms of difference are still in place (race or religion for example)?
- Race and class: How do intersecting forms of privilege, including race, class and location along the global North/South divide shape the use of social networks? How do social networks change with the privilege of being an “expat” and not a “migrant”?
- Technology: Do online-based networks replace in-person social networks and foster a sense of belonging? Can people build trust without in-person engagements Is technology used to maintain ties with home and thus negatively influence social network connections? Can technology enable network-building and overcome barriers to relationship building?
- School: Do education institutions offer people on a move a sense of identity and as a student or as affiliate of a specific school/training centre/university? Do they offer a sense of belonging that is at once location specific and tied to a particular experience of schooling? Can these compensate for barriers cause by legal status?
Learn more at www.inhiveglobal.org