Stranger Views
Researching Marginality and (Non)Belonging Among Migrants Experiencing Homelessness in the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3448570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Stewart (0000-0001-9876-9982, Centre for European and International Studies Research Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth Portsmouth UK, corresponding author), Marianela Barrios Aquino (0000-0001-7791-6170, Centre for European and International Studies Research Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth Portsmouth UK) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-51 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-4446.70033 |
| PMID | 41015916 |
| OpenAlex | W4414584668 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
With reference to Simmel's work, this article puts forward the notion of 'stranger views', which are expressive on the one hand, of the experiences of those who occupy a marginal position in society characterised by experiences of belonging and non-belonging, and on the other, of our own position as researchers, probing spaces of non-belonging and hearing stories that are then rearticulated for an academic audience. In doing so, it provides a reflective dialog between the findings of a research project on migrant homelessness in the UK and the methodological framework brought by New Area Studies. The article deploys the life story research method and focuses on views of the UK from the perspective of migrants from former European colonies who have been in the UK for several years but whose immigration status and lack of economic capital renders them vulnerable to destitution and homelessness. The article offers unique insights into the co-existence of belonging and non-belonging and the dissonance between these feelings. In providing a dialog between accounts deriving from life story interviews with migrants experiencing homelessness and a self-critical reflection about the knowledge produced with such accounts, our article contributes to debates on the sociology of marginality with a three-tiered discussion of migration, homelessness and methodological frameworks, which are rarely considered together
Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Curated Stories
A Practical Guide to Collaborative Qualitative Data Analysis
Storytelling
Why Decolonising Area Studies is Not Enough
New Area Studies as an Epistemological Framework
The Subject and Power
Rethinking Racial Capitalism
Integration and intersectionality
Border Abolitionism
New hierarchies of belonging
Stories are data with Soul” – lessons from black feminist epistemology
Looking emotionally
The Birth of a 'Discipline
Situating knowledges
Prolegomena to Any Future Decolonial Ethics
The UK’s hostile environment
Belonging and the politics of belonging
Modern Languages and/as Area Studies
The roles of epistemology and decoloniality in addressing power dynamics in university education
Just what is critical race theory, and what is it doing in British sociology? From "BritCrit" to the racialized social system approach
Cultivated invisibility and migrants' experiences of homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic
Non-Belonging
Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom
Situated Knowledges
Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and Decolonial Freedom
Enduring Borders
Everyday Bordering, Belonging and the Reorientation of British Immigration Legislation
Migrant "Illegality" and Deportability in Everyday Life
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |