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2020 |
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 | Meissner, Fran; Heil, Tilmann Deromanticising integration: On the importance of convivial disintegration Journal Article Migration Studies, online first , 2020. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: convivial disintegration, diversity dynamics, immigrant integration | Links: @article{Meissner2020, title = {Deromanticising integration: On the importance of convivial disintegration}, author = {Fran Meissner and Tilmann Heil}, url = { https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz056}, doi = {10.1093/migration/mnz056}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-02-13}, journal = {Migration Studies}, volume = {online first}, abstract = {In light of current experiences with migration-driven diversification, is it still conducive to think about the effects of international migration by advocating for immigrant integration? This article argues that there are key problems with European uses of immigrant integration logics that cannot be resolved through redefinitions or reappropriations of the term. Even highly refined notions of immigrant integration misconstrue the role and relevance of differences in diversity dynamics. Immigrant integration further risks concealing and perpetuating power dynamics and (colonial) hierarchies. These continue to shape the social relevance of differences. Analytically thinking about superdiversity directs us to paying more attention to disintegration, a notion that cannot be reduced and measured by way of individual or group performance. To be able to usefully engage with disintegration, we argue that it needs to be divorced from ideas about social fragmentation and social collapse. To do this, we draw on recent developments in the literature on conviviality to emphasise the relational practices, power asymmetries, and materialities that enter into negotiations of difference. Convivial disintegration aptly addresses continuously reconfiguring and uncertain social environments. Our article thus provides a deromanticised and enabling provocation for easing integration anxieties.}, keywords = {convivial disintegration, diversity dynamics, immigrant integration}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } In light of current experiences with migration-driven diversification, is it still conducive to think about the effects of international migration by advocating for immigrant integration? This article argues that there are key problems with European uses of immigrant integration logics that cannot be resolved through redefinitions or reappropriations of the term. Even highly refined notions of immigrant integration misconstrue the role and relevance of differences in diversity dynamics. Immigrant integration further risks concealing and perpetuating power dynamics and (colonial) hierarchies. These continue to shape the social relevance of differences. Analytically thinking about superdiversity directs us to paying more attention to disintegration, a notion that cannot be reduced and measured by way of individual or group performance. To be able to usefully engage with disintegration, we argue that it needs to be divorced from ideas about social fragmentation and social collapse. To do this, we draw on recent developments in the literature on conviviality to emphasise the relational practices, power asymmetries, and materialities that enter into negotiations of difference. Convivial disintegration aptly addresses continuously reconfiguring and uncertain social environments. Our article thus provides a deromanticised and enabling provocation for easing integration anxieties. |
2019 |
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 | Meissner, Fran Of straw figures and multi-stakeholder monitoring: a response to Willem Schinkel Journal Article Comparative Migration Studies, 2019. BibTeX | Tags: convivial disintegration, integration, relational diversity, superdiversity, urban futures | Links: @article{Meissner2019, title = {Of straw figures and multi-stakeholder monitoring: a response to Willem Schinkel}, author = {Fran Meissner}, url = {https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-019-0121-y}, doi = {10.1186/s40878-019-0121-y}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-00-00}, journal = {Comparative Migration Studies}, keywords = {convivial disintegration, integration, relational diversity, superdiversity, urban futures}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } |
2018 |
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 | Meissner, Fran From integration mainstreaming to convivial disintegration: how superdiversity shows the pitfalls of (mainstreaming) immigrant integration Miscellaneous Working Paper, 2018, ISSN: 2192-2357. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: convivial disintegration, integration policy, mainstreaming, superdiversity, uncertainty | Links: @misc{meissner2018integration, title = {From integration mainstreaming to convivial disintegration: how superdiversity shows the pitfalls of (mainstreaming) immigrant integration}, author = {Fran Meissner}, url = {http://www.mmg.mpg.de/publications/working-papers/2018/wp-18-03/}, issn = {2192-2357}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-04-23}, journal = {MMG Working Paper}, volume = {18}, number = {03}, abstract = {The emergent literature on mainstreaming immigrant integration frequently references the term superdiversity. The diversification of migration is put forward as one rational for implementing measures to support immigrant integration across policy fields and across levels of policy making. In this paper I reflect on those assertions and argue that contrarily using superdiversity is not an argument in favour of mainstreaming immigrant integration, but that instead a superdiversity lens is uniquely placed to critically examine whether the goal of mainstreaming should be integration at all. To move this argument forward I propose more concertedly thinking about the merits of better understanding convivial disintegration as a more adequate starting point for thinking through the social and economic implications of international migration and how to address them through policy interventions}, howpublished = {Working Paper}, keywords = {convivial disintegration, integration policy, mainstreaming, superdiversity, uncertainty}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {misc} } The emergent literature on mainstreaming immigrant integration frequently references the term superdiversity. The diversification of migration is put forward as one rational for implementing measures to support immigrant integration across policy fields and across levels of policy making. In this paper I reflect on those assertions and argue that contrarily using superdiversity is not an argument in favour of mainstreaming immigrant integration, but that instead a superdiversity lens is uniquely placed to critically examine whether the goal of mainstreaming should be integration at all. To move this argument forward I propose more concertedly thinking about the merits of better understanding convivial disintegration as a more adequate starting point for thinking through the social and economic implications of international migration and how to address them through policy interventions |
 | Meissner, Fran Mainstreaming and Superdiversity: Beyond More Integration Book Chapter van Breugel, Peter Scholten Ilona (Ed.): Mainstreaming Integration Governance, pp. 215-233, Springer, Cham, 2018. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: complexity, convivial disintegration, integration policy, mainstreaming, superdiversity | Links: @inbook{meissner2018mainstreaming, title = {Mainstreaming and Superdiversity: Beyond More Integration}, author = {Fran Meissner}, editor = {Peter Scholten Ilona van Breugel}, url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59277-0_10}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-59277-0_10}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-01-01}, booktitle = {Mainstreaming Integration Governance}, pages = {215-233}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, abstract = {The emergent literature on mainstreaming immigrant integration frequently references the term ‘superdiversity’. The diversification of migration is put forward as one rationale for implementing measures to support immigrant integration across policy fields and across levels of policy making. In this chapter and against the backdrop of the book’s empirical work, I ask how else, beyond being a rationale for mainstreaming, thinking about superdiversity might add to debates about what is mainstreamed. I primarily advance the argument that a superdiversity lens is uniquely placed to critically examine whether the goal of mainstreaming should be integration and propose to consider the merits of thinking about convivial disintegration as a more adequate policy goal.}, keywords = {complexity, convivial disintegration, integration policy, mainstreaming, superdiversity}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {inbook} } The emergent literature on mainstreaming immigrant integration frequently references the term ‘superdiversity’. The diversification of migration is put forward as one rationale for implementing measures to support immigrant integration across policy fields and across levels of policy making. In this chapter and against the backdrop of the book’s empirical work, I ask how else, beyond being a rationale for mainstreaming, thinking about superdiversity might add to debates about what is mainstreamed. I primarily advance the argument that a superdiversity lens is uniquely placed to critically examine whether the goal of mainstreaming should be integration and propose to consider the merits of thinking about convivial disintegration as a more adequate policy goal. |