Organizing Integration of Refugees

Translation and Hybridization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7316342
AutoresAndreas Diedrich (0000-0002-3018-2963, University of Gothenburg, autor de correspondencia), Barbara Czarniawska (0000-0001-7052-3606, University of Gothenburg)
Año2024
Volumen2
Número3
Páginas327-349
Fecha de publicación2024-08-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Organizational Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2752-2997 • E-ISSN: 2752-2997
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/joso-2024-0012
OpenAlexW4401338973
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas54

How is integration organized in practice, and what role do hybrids play in such practices? Based on fieldwork on two integration support initiatives for recent refugees in one of Sweden’s largest cities, this paper critically engages these questions, focusing in particular on integration as a multi-directional, ambiguous process that is shaped by the intervention of a great many agents. In line with previous research, we conclude that practices of integration require collaboration between many humans and non-humans, while at the same time we question many of the assumptions about who should collaborate with whom and who should receive support if the integration is to succeed. We also discovered that “integration” is a kind of boundary word, which is translated differently by different actors, but nevertheless facilitates various forms of collaboration and coordination. Some see it as a step toward assimilation, others as a step toward hybridization. If, as is claimed by many scholars, hybridization is an unavoidable result of modernization, it will most likely prevail

Assimilation (phonology · Face (sociological concept · Knowledge management · Linguistics · Modernization theory · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration