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Locality as a blind spot of migration scholarship1 by 1. introduction Although, at a very basic level, migration is a phenomenon of spatial mobility, the concept of spatiality in migration scholarship is under-theorized. As a result, theorizing locality beyond the national scale becomes very difficult.2 this is particularly apparent in comparative studies about varying migrant dynamics and agency. Questions about locality relate very closely to the units of analysis used in migration scholarship. Historically, when a comparative perspective has been applied to migrant settlement and transnational networks, the analytical parameters for comparative research have been based predominantly on the national scale. Variations in migrant settlement have been approached very often through the lens of nation-states (expressed in the idioms of "host" or "receiving" countries/states or countries of "origin"/"sending" countries/states), and the different opportunity structures these states and societies provide to migrants.3 on the other hand, there are approaches that do not necessarily confine their analysis of migrant incorporation and translocal ties to a national scale. in these, the city is taken to be the "context" that shapes migrant dynamics and agencies.4 in general, the emphasis is on the historical context and the institutional structure and discursive legacies that
Historische Anthropologie – de Gruyter
Published: Apr 1, 2013
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