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Geography and migration studies: retrospect and prospect
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-07, 17:13 authored by Russell KingThe paper engages with migration theory through a geographic perspective. It first argues that geographers, with their broad-ranging subject matter, epistemological pluralism, and varied research methods, are ideally placed to carry out migration research and advance migration theory. Second, the paper casts a retrospective view at some highlights of geographers' theoretical contributions to migration. The third part reviews the recent and current states of play, which have seen a shift in the geographical study of migration from population geography to cultural geography, via the ‘cultural turn’. Four paradigmatic trends in the study of migration are reviewed – the mobilities turn, transnationalism, diaspora studies, and gendered approaches – and geographers' contributions to each of these are evaluated. The conclusion looks to the future, asks whether the cultural turn is over and, in the light of the global economic crisis, identifies new avenues of migration research for migration geographers.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Population, Space and PlaceISSN
1544-8444Publisher
John Wiley & SonsExternal DOI
Issue
2Volume
18Page range
134-153Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes