« Migration studies: categorization, objectivity, and research impact »

Autor: Hicham JAMID
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire interdisciplinaire pour la sociologie économique (LISE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM), Département Sciences Humaines et Sociales ENSTA Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne_SHS), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne), Université Ibn Zohr [Agadir], Cyprus Association of Political Science, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM), HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), JAMID, Hicham
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: PhD SYMPOSIUM 2017, Inter-disciplinary Approaches and (to) Political Science
PhD SYMPOSIUM 2017, Inter-disciplinary Approaches and (to) Political Science, Cyprus Association of Political Science, Dec 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Popis: International audience; This paper gathers together three methodological insights from my doctoral research. I work on highly-skilled Moroccan entrepreneurs who studied in France and subsequently became entrepreneurs either in France or in Morocco. I carry out qualitative research and I conducted about 40 biographical interviews with Moroccan entrepreneurs and executives. The present paper discusses three methodological issues. The first concerns the process of categorization. Due to the legal insecurity associated to the status of international student in France, some of my interviewees were both highly-skilled migrants and irregular migrants (or at risk to become irregular). None of the categorizations is neutral as political discourses use to praise the highly-skilled and to fight against irregular migrants. The second issue concerns objectivity and the researchers’ positioning. Being myself an international student, how should I strike a balance in research between involvement and detachment, to use Elias (1956) words? The third issue concerns the research impact. Usually, researchers are pressed to produce knowledge that contributes to, benefits and influences society, politics and so on. What is the impact of the research on irregular migrants and who should it benefit to?
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