Networking in contexts

Qualitative Social Network Analysis' Insights Into Migration Processes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4263283
AutoresMarta Kindler (0000-0002-3736-4380, Centre of Migration Research University of Warsaw Pasteura 7 str. 02‐093 Warsaw Poland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen21
Número3
Páginas513-528
Fecha de publicación2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12310
OpenAlexW3109999512
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas45

How do migrants network in different contexts? I address this question by using qualitative social network analysis and explore the relationship between shared contexts and individuals' possibilities for interaction as well as (un)intentional network (re)creation. I observe how migrants form ties and draw boundaries in two contexts: (1) institutional and (2) migrant community. I draw on qualitative data from a study of Ukrainian migrants' social networks in Warsaw, Poland. I find that the structural opportunities that facilitate relationships with Poles differ between those Ukrainian migrants who arrived around or after the year 2014 and those who migrated earlier. The relations between Ukrainians are characterized by class divisions, which they interpret via 'language/ethnic' differences, reinforced by the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine. However, these symbolic boundaries do not translate into rigid network boundaries

Economic geography · Ethnic group · Geography · Interpersonal ties · Linguistics · Political science · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Social capital · Social media · Social network analysis · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Ukrainian · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Capital and Networks