Jonathan Ngeh
Biographic Data
| ID | 169028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Ngeh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngeh |
| SIGNATURE | NGEH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cologne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5159-748X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Socio-Cultural Life of Migration Categories: Insights Across the Global South and North - Introduction to the Special Issue
Categories have gained new centrality in migration studies, highlighting the importance of critically approaching policy labels and considering categories as a lens rather than a pre-determined analytical toolkit. This Special Issue (SI) brings together migration scholars of different disciplinary backgrounds from the Global South and North. This article introduces the SI with a theoretically driven discussion of migration categories, hopefully i…
Gender Dynamics of 'Human Trafficking: Migration from Cameroon to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States
This paper analyses 'human trafficking' with a focus on the unique vulnerabilities and experiences of Cameroonians who migrated to the Gulf Cooperation Council states to work, including those coerced into domestic roles. It critically examines 'human trafficking' as a migration category and scrutinises-related binaries. Ethnographic findings informed by the concept of 'infrastructural violence' indicate that exploitation is embedded in gendered m…
Bed-space' housing in Dubai: African migrants, ambivalence towards authorities and gender differences
In the literature on migration to the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), authors generally mention that labour migrants, predominantly from South and Southeast Asia, live in overcrowded, low-class accommodation, sharing rooms and 'doing bed-space', without giving a clear picture of what this practice entails. This paper is an ethnographic account of what it actually means to live in 'bed-space' accommodation. It explores how West Afric…
Reversing the gaze: Methodological Reflections From the Perspective of Racial- And Ethnic-Minority Researchers
In the current literature on methodology and knowledge production, there is a substantial imbalance in interracial and interethnic research: the perspective has primarily been that of the 'white gaze'. This article reverses that gaze and attempts to initiate a methodological discussion that is missing today: what occurs when non-white researchers interview a white-majority population or persons of the same racial but different ethnic background? …
Reversing the gaze: Methodological Reflections From the Perspective of Racial- And Ethnic-Minority Researchers
In the current literature on methodology and knowledge production, there is a substantial imbalance in interracial and interethnic research: the perspective has primarily been that of the 'white gaze'. This article reverses that gaze and attempts to initiate a methodological discussion that is missing today: what occurs when non-white researchers interview a white-majority population or persons of the same racial but different ethnic background? …
Bed-space' housing in Dubai: African migrants, ambivalence towards authorities and gender differences
In the literature on migration to the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), authors generally mention that labour migrants, predominantly from South and Southeast Asia, live in overcrowded, low-class accommodation, sharing rooms and 'doing bed-space', without giving a clear picture of what this practice entails. This paper is an ethnographic account of what it actually means to live in 'bed-space' accommodation. It explores how West Afric…
The Socio-Cultural Life of Migration Categories: Insights Across the Global South and North - Introduction to the Special Issue
Categories have gained new centrality in migration studies, highlighting the importance of critically approaching policy labels and considering categories as a lens rather than a pre-determined analytical toolkit. This Special Issue (SI) brings together migration scholars of different disciplinary backgrounds from the Global South and North. This article introduces the SI with a theoretically driven discussion of migration categories, hopefully i…
Reversing the gaze: Methodological Reflections From the Perspective of Racial- And Ethnic-Minority Researchers
In the current literature on methodology and knowledge production, there is a substantial imbalance in interracial and interethnic research: the perspective has primarily been that of the 'white gaze'. This article reverses that gaze and attempts to initiate a methodological discussion that is missing today: what occurs when non-white researchers interview a white-majority population or persons of the same racial but different ethnic background? …
Bed-space' housing in Dubai: African migrants, ambivalence towards authorities and gender differences
In the literature on migration to the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), authors generally mention that labour migrants, predominantly from South and Southeast Asia, live in overcrowded, low-class accommodation, sharing rooms and 'doing bed-space', without giving a clear picture of what this practice entails. This paper is an ethnographic account of what it actually means to live in 'bed-space' accommodation. It explores how West Afric…
The Socio-Cultural Life of Migration Categories: Insights Across the Global South and North - Introduction to the Special Issue
Categories have gained new centrality in migration studies, highlighting the importance of critically approaching policy labels and considering categories as a lens rather than a pre-determined analytical toolkit. This Special Issue (SI) brings together migration scholars of different disciplinary backgrounds from the Global South and North. This article introduces the SI with a theoretically driven discussion of migration categories, hopefully i…
Gender Dynamics of 'Human Trafficking: Migration from Cameroon to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States
This paper analyses 'human trafficking' with a focus on the unique vulnerabilities and experiences of Cameroonians who migrated to the Gulf Cooperation Council states to work, including those coerced into domestic roles. It critically examines 'human trafficking' as a migration category and scrutinises-related binaries. Ethnographic findings informed by the concept of 'infrastructural violence' indicate that exploitation is embedded in gendered m…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African studies (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works)