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This article explores the history of Hamama, an Arab village in the Gaza Sub-District during the Late Ottoman and British Mandate period c. 1750–1948 CE, combining the often-disparate fields of Ottoman/Levantine archaeology and Ottoman/Palestinian history for tracing its rise from an ordinary village into the Sub-District’s third largest settlement. Ethnographic sources and historical evidence testify that the village of Hamama had been inhabited continuously from the Mamluk period until 1948. The paper uses the case of Hamama to argue that the detailed history of specific villages and towns cannot be reconstructed out of a synchronous (specific point-in-time) reading of the sources without considering the influence of previous stages in their socioeconomic development. Using a vast array of primary sources and archaeological materials, this study explores the interaction between local topography and existing social fabrics with broader transformative processes on the regional and trans-regional levels. It shows how the region of Hamama underwent a significant economic growth and settlement expansion. In the 1860s, local administrative re-structuring took hold as part of the implementation of the tanzimat reforms at the district level. The establishment of the “quarter system”—the division of village land between the groups of families—led to considerable economic development, which was evident in village land uses by the early 20th century. Later, British town plans and building permits testify to the involvement of the colonial administration in the architectural and spatial planning of the Arab countryside. These were local manifestations of globalization and the modernization efforts of the Ottoman Empire and later the British Mandate.

In this commentary, I pull out the threads that weave through the eight papers included in this special issue. Key themes untangled include: 1) how researchers maneuver through times of turbulence, 2) the ways in which research is peopled and practiced, 3) the emotional discomforts and ethical dilemmas that come with doing engaged scholarship, 4) the epistemological implications of these messy struggles, and 5) the short-term and long-term strategies offered by the contributors moving forward. I then offer a potentially transformative intervention designed to address systematic barriers related to knowledge production that can create more engaged, impactful scholarship. I conclude with a call to stay with the trouble to ensure more promising futures. The knottiness of knowledge production is present throughout the discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Categorising certain forms of human movement as 'migration' and others as 'mobility' has far-reaching consequences. We introduce the migration–mobility nexus as a framework for other researchers to interrogate the relationship between these two categories of human movement and explain how they shape different social representations. Our framework articulates four ideal-typical interplays between categories of migration and categories of mobility: continuum (fluid mobilities transform into more stable forms of migration and vice versa), enablement (migration requires mobility, and mobility can trigger migration), hierarchy (migration and mobility are political categories that legitimise hierarchies of movement) and opposition (migration and mobility are pitted against each other). These interplays reveal the normative underpinnings of different categories, which we argue are too often implicit and unacknowledged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this interview, filmmaker and scholar Simone Brioni talks about the two most recent documentaries which he wrote, Maka (Moutamid 2023) and Oltre i bordi (Beyond the Frame) (Brioni and Sandrini 2023), which share reflections about the visual representation of Africans in media and Italy's colonial legacy. He discusses the similarities and differences between these films and the documentaries he made in 2012 with/about writers Kaha Mohamed Aden and Ribka Sibhatu, respectively, called La quarta via (The Fourth Road) (Brioni et al. 2012b) and Aulò (Brioni et al. 2012a). In particular, Brioni focuses on the collaborative process with director Elia Moutamid and protagonist Geneviève Makaping to make the documentary Maka. Brioni also talks about how the dialogue from which the documentaries have emerged has progressively become the theme of the film themselves. Other topics of the interview include the use of the documentary to produce academic research, the impact of COVID-19 on the making of the films and the circulation and distribution of the films. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Migrations and development are two phenomena tightly connected, and this connection has evolved over time according to the goals and the agenda of different agents. It has also generated political, social and academic interests. Since the first theoretical formulations, the migratory phenomenon has been related to the lack of economic development as one of its main causes, although over time other approaches have been added, addressing the effects of migration on development, especially in the origin communities of migrants. No obstante, el enfoque predominante ha sido aquel que abogaba por un discurso preventivo de las migraciones, empleando la cooperación al desarrollo para tal fin. However, the prevailing approach has advocated a preventive discourse on migration, using development aid for this purpose. Thus, a large number of issues emerge from the migration-development nexus with enormous social implications and, therefore, have been of enormous interest for social research. Hence, the goal of this paper is to quantitatively and qualitatively study the doctoral theses focused on these subjects and produced in Spain in the last 30 years. Through the review and documentary analysis of these researches, it has been possible, on the one hand, to document the years of production, the authorship, the universities and the areas of study from which the theses have been produced. On the other, although in close connection, it has allowed us to reflect on the academic interests, the topics addressed, the contexts studied and the ways in which these investigations have been carried out. Finally, this work has helped us to study what has been said in the Academy about the migration-development nexus and, above all, to value doctoral productions as contributions of great value to the scientific world and to society, emphasizing the importance of the applicability of our academic works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article I explore the potential of practical reflexivity of handling categories applied by social researchers, drawing on my ongoing doctoral project in which I employ a qualitative ethnographic approach. By integrating various ways of perceiving reflexivity, including migration studies, research on intimate relationships, and feminist theory, I demonstrate ways to view research settings as encounters that enable dialogue and an atmosphere of listening. Two categories, Afghan and marriage, which emerged as significantly multifaceted in my doctoral project serve as examples for this exploration of practical reflexivity. I illustrate the impact of individuals' perception of being seen as Afghan in a broader societal and political context, and I show the opportunity to reflect on the category of marriage during interview settings using dialogue with interlocutors. By establishing practical ways to incorporate reflexivity, I contribute to the growing research field of intimate relationships in a migration context, where a critical stance towards categories is infrequently employed. This also contributes to the field of applied reflexivity in migration studies. I argue that an unreflexive use of categories may lead to the reproduction of discriminatory practices and Eurocentrism, and that scholars, especially when working with marginalized groups, must assume the responsibility of questioning categories often taken for granted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fluid metaphors describing "floods of migrants" or an "influx of migrant workers" are often used by journalists, politicians, and scholars to describe migration processes. While scholars have critiqued these metaphors as part of popular discourse, the roles fluid metaphors play in migration scholarship itself have received less attention. Through analysis of five academic journals, this article analyzes scholarly usage of fluid metaphors in contemporary migration research. We argue that fluid metaphors foster specific geographic imaginaries, which often run counter to otherwise complex theorizations of migration and mobility. In response, we call for practices of writing that center precision and care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Migraciones y desarrollo constituyen dos fenómenos entre los cuales se ha dado una estrecha conexión que ha ido evolucionando con el tiempo en función de las acciones, intereses y agendas de los distintos agentes. Asimismo, ha suscitado un gran interés, no solo político y social, sino también académico. Desde las primeras formulaciones teóricas en torno al fenómeno migratorio, este se ha planteado en estrecha relación con la falta de desarrollo económico como una de sus causas principales, aunque con el tiempo se han sumado otros enfoques que abordan los efectos de las migraciones en el desarrollo, sobre todo en los lugares de origen de los migrantes. No obstante, el enfoque predominante ha sido aquel que abogaba por un discurso preventivo de las migraciones, empleando la cooperación al desarrollo para tal fin. Así, del nexo migración-desarrollo emergen una gran cantidad de cuestiones con enormes implicaciones sociales y que, por tanto, han sido de enorme interés para la investigación social. Con ello en mente, el objetivo de este trabajo ha sido estudiar cuantitativa y cualitativamente las tesis doctorales centradas en estas temáticas y producidas en España en los últimos treinta años. Mediante la búsqueda, revisión y análisis documental de estos trabajos ha sido posible, por un lado, documentar los años de producción, la autoría, las universidades y las áreas de estudio desde las que se han producido las tesis, y por el otro, aunque en estrecha conexión, nos ha permitido reflexionar en torno a los intereses académicos, los temas abordados, los contextos estudiados y las formas en que se han desarrollado estas investigaciones. Todo ello nos ha servido para estudiar qué se ha dicho en la Academia sobre el nexo migración-desarrollo y, sobre todo, para poner en valor las producciones doctorales en cuanto aportaciones de gran valía para el mundo científico y para la sociedad, recalcando la importancia de la aplicabilidad de nuestros trabajos académicos. Migrations and development are two phenomena tightly connected, and this connection has evolved over time according to the goals and the agenda of different agents. It has also generated political, social and academic interests. Since the first theoretical formulations, the migratory phenomenon has been related to the lack of economic development as one of its main causes, although over time other approaches have been added, addressing the effects of migration on development, especially in the origin communities of migrants. No obstante, el enfoque predominante ha sido aquel que abogaba por un discurso preventivo de las migraciones, empleando la cooperación al desarrollo para tal fin. However, the prevailing approach has advocated a preventive discourse on migration, using development aid for this purpose. Thus, a large number of issues emerge from the migration-development nexus with enormous social implications and, therefore, have been of enormous interest for social research. Hence, the goal of this paper is to quantitatively and qualitatively study the doctoral theses focused on these subjects and produced in Spain in the last 30 years. Through the review and documentary analysis of these researches, it has been possible, on the one hand, to document the years of production, the authorship, the universities and the areas of study from which the theses have been produced. On the other, although in close connection, it has allowed us to reflect on the academic interests, the topics addressed, the contexts studied and the ways in which these investigations have been carried out. Finally, this work has helped us to study what has been said in the Academy about the migration-development nexus and, above all, to value doctoral productions as contributions of great value to the scientific world and to society, emphasizing the importance of the applicability of our academic works.

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The essay explores the multifaceted career of Sammy Gronemann, emphasizing his overlooked role as a lawyer within the context of his better-known identities as a Zionist and a man of letters. Gronemann's professional life, particularly his work as a lawyer and judge, is examined in detail, shedding light on his significant contributions to Zionist legal institutions such as the Court of Honor. The paper highlights the evolving trends in scholarly research on Gronemann, which primarily focuses on his literary achievements while neglecting his legal career. Through Gronemann's own writings and historical documents, the paper delves into his self-perception, revealing a complex interplay between his identities as a lawyer and a writer. Ultimately, it argues that Gronemann's passion and success spanned across his various roles, challenging conventional categorizations and underscoring the interconnectedness of his legal, literary, and Zionist endeavors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article I explore the potential of practical reflexivity of handling categories applied by social researchers, drawing on my ongoing doctoral project in which I employ a qualitative ethnographic approach. By integrating various ways of perceiving reflexivity, including migration studies, research on intimate relationships, and feminist theory, I demonstrate ways to view research settings as encounters that enable dialogue and an atmosphere of listening. Two categories, Afghan and marriage, which emerged as significantly multifaceted in my doctoral project serve as examples for this exploration of practical reflexivity. I illustrate the impact of individuals' perception of being seen as Afghan in a broader societal and political context, and I show the opportunity to reflect on the category of marriage during interview settings using dialogue with interlocutors. By establishing practical ways to incorporate reflexivity, I contribute to the growing research field of intimate relationships in a migration context, where a critical stance towards categories is infrequently employed. This also contributes to the field of applied reflexivity in migration studies. I argue that an unreflexive use of categories may lead to the reproduction of discriminatory practices and Eurocentrism, and that scholars, especially when working with marginalized groups, must assume the responsibility of questioning categories often taken for granted.

South Asia is a subregion of the world characterized by high migration mobility of the population. The number of emigrants from this region is more than 43 million people, and the number of immigrants is almost 14 million people. Most of them occur in the country’s three largest subregions by population: India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The purpose of the study is to study the management of migration processes in South Asia. For this purpose, the following tasks were solved: territorial analysis of the direction of migration processes in the largest states of South Asia; studying the features of the regulatory framework in the field of migration policy in the region; analysis of approaches and methods for managing migration processes in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The directions of migration processes have been studied through territorial analysis: in the context of emigration and immigration. The author’s maps were compiled based on current migration data. The regulatory framework related to the implementation of migration policies in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan is analyzed. The features of the approaches and methods that are used in each of the three countries in relation to the regulation of migration processes both within South Asia and beyond its borders are identified. The following territorial specificity of migration processes in South Asia can be noted: the subregion is more a donor of international migrants (more than 43 million people) than a recipient (almost 14 million people); emigration is growing most rapidly in India, while in Bangladesh and Pakistan it is more regulated by the state and used as a factor in socio-economic development; Immigration processes are completely different in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. India is characterized by a concentration of international flows, especially from neighboring countries, while Bangladesh and Pakistan are becoming new homes for refugees from Myanmar and Afghanistan, respectively. Migration processes in the countries of South Asia are characterized by intensive and multidirectional nature. Larger numbers of emigrants come from other subregions of the world, while immigration processes affect nearby countries. If we talk about intraregional migration processes, then India is the country that receives the largest number of immigrants from neighboring South Asian countries. Migration policy is an important part of the dynamic development of any modern state; currently India, Bangladesh and Pakistan are making efforts to formalize and institutionalize this process.

I use accent as a metaphor and a conceptual tool to epistemologically reflect over the field of migration studies. Accented thinking is a response and a reaction to the condition of coloniality that structures the processes of knowledge production. In this article I aim to explore the potentiality of accented thinking in the formation of knowledge within the field of migration studies. I approach accent both as a way of knowing and a form of struggle. The combination leads to an epistemic refusal. I use accent as refusal not only as a tool to scrutinize how epistemic injustices arise and what forces maintain them, but also as a tool to find out what forces are available to create alternative ways of knowing. I argue that accented thinking can stimulate the emergence of new perspectives and approaches. It takes us beyond notions which have restricted the possibility of any alternative order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Four reasons led to the change of the main Jewish pilgrimage sites in Galilee from ʿAraba and Dalata to Meron during the twelfth century. The Jewish population abandoned ʿAraba and the community of Dalata declined. During the eleventh century, pilgrims from the Diaspora preferred to participate in a central annual event on the Mount of Olives, organized by the Yeshiva of the Land of Israel, which simulated pilgrimage to the temple. During the twelfth century, the Jewish regional center in the Upper Galilee region had shifted from Jish to Safed. Consequently, the main regional pilgrimage shrine changed from Dalata to Meron. The pilgrimage to Meron was a result of the Frankish ban on Jewish presence in Jerusalem and the Frankish takeover of important shrines venerated by Jews outside the Galilee region. Four reasons led to the change of the main Jewish pilgrimage sites in Galilee from ʿAraba and Dalata to Meron during the twelfth century. The Jewish population abandoned ʿAraba and the community of Dalata declined. During the eleventh century, pilgrims from the Diaspora preferred to participate in a central annual event on the Mount of Olives, organized by the Yeshiva of the Land of Israel, which simulated pilgrimage to the Temple. During the twelfth century, the Jewish regional center in the Upper Galilee region had shifted from Jish to Safed. Consequently, the main regional pilgrimage shrine changed from Dalata to Meron. The pilgrimage to Meron was a result of the Frankish ban on Jewish presence in Jerusalem and the Frankish takeover of important shrines venerated by Jews outside the Galilee region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This dataset was developed by COST Action 19112 Women on the Move (WEMov), which engages in unveiling women migrants' presence and participation in the construction of Europe. The dataset was built as a register of toponyms and monuments in the political and public landscape in Europe – such as street names, school names and parks, as well as statues and memorials – that celebrate women migrants. With the dataset we want to discover how women migrants are remembered and what kind of landmarks present these individuals who have had an episode of migration for a variety of reasons. Moreover, our aim is to make these landmarks and the stories of women migrants visible by presenting the results of the dataset in an interactive map on our website. At the moment, the dataset includes 1000 landmarks. The collection of data was based on voluntary work of scholars and students from over 40 different European countries. We have aimed for broad geographical coverage; however, some areas are better represented than others due the nature of data collection. The collection of data is an ongoing process and therefore the dataset in Nakala repository, to which this data note refers, presents the situation in July 2023. Updated versions of the dataset will be made available in Nakala and we will download new landmarks to our interactive map on a regular basis. The selected landmarks and migrant trajectories feature cross-community or cross-cultural migration. They show both typical and exceptional forms of mobility and present women of different age, profession, social status and migration status. This intersectionality of the project and the dataset highlights not only the richness of these landmarks and their value for scholarship but also the wide spectrum of migrant women and their contribution to society.

Göç, fiziksel olarak yer değiştirmenin ötesinde sosyal, kültürel, hukuki, ekonomik, politik olmak üzere çok boyutlu bir yapıya sahiptir. Bu açıdan göç, toplumsal yaşamın her alanına dair bilgiler sunmaktadır. Türkiye’de göç çalışmaları geç bir dönemde 2000’lerde başlasa da bu alanda önemli adımlar atılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada göç konulu tezlerin alanyazın taraması yapılmıştır. Bu kapsamda ele alınan konular, odaklanılan kavramlar, kullanılan yöntem ve teknikler ortaya konularak göç çalışmalarının mevcut durumunun tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yapılan bu çalışmada yorumlayıcı yaklaşıma dayanan nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada veriler Ulusal Tez Merkezi veri tabanından elde edilmiş ve doküman incelemesi tekniği kullanılmıştır. Göç alanında yapılan tüm çalışmaların analiz edilmesi mümkün olmamaktadır. Bu nedenle amaçlı örnekleme gidilmiş ve 2010-2022 yılları arasında sosyoloji ana bilim dalında yapılmış olan göç konulu tezler örnekleme dâhil edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler içerik analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Yapılan tarama sonucunda Suriye göçüyle birlikte göç alanında yapılan çalışmaların arttığı, çoğunlukla Türkiye’ye yönelen zorunlu göçlerin ele alındığı belirlenmiştir. Çalışmalarda ağırlıklı olarak nitel yöntemin kullanıldığı, veri toplama tekniği olarak mülakatın tercih edildiği tespit edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte özellikle metodoloji alanında önemli hataların yapıldığı saptanmıştır. Tüm bu sonuçlarla birlikte hem göç alanında hem de metodoloji alanında yeni çalışmaların yapılması bir gereklilik olarak ortaya çıkmıştır.

I examine the cultural acoustics of voice and listening in relation to the experience of migration and displacement through an analysis of a selection of digitized audio recordings of intimate one-on-one conversations between asylum seekers originally recorded by local British Broadcasting Corporation's radio stations in booths set up throughout the United Kingdom, with the unedited recordings digitally archived by the British Library for the public. My approach to this archive is constituted by a concept and practice I call listening to difference. My case studies are two Somali siblings, a Syrian father and son, and two friends from Algeria and the Congo, and their relationality to the norms of Standard British Listening. My aim is to show how listening to these conversations can make us aware of our own limiting preconceptions in our listening and when and why they occur. Listening to ourselves listening will work against aurally mediated racial ideologies as it necessitates reflecting upon our own automatized, enculturated biases, as well as that of technologies of recording and transcription such as automated speech recognition. It challenges preconceptions about those voices marked as deviating from unmarked norms long established by the legacies of European Enlightenment humanism. Critically listening to those who are othered and belong to communities radically different from our own involves the exposure of aural power differentials and is particularly urgent during a time of an unprecedented increase of refugees accompanied by an increased controlling of national borders antagonistic to refugees and immigrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this essay, the notion of "the people behind the scenes" is used to build a bridge between the cognitive framework of film studies and migration research to describe those who are discursively categorized as "illegal" or "irregular" migrants and whose lives are exploited in the workforce and at risk in "Fortress Europe". As a natural southern border of the Schengen area, the Mediterranean region sometimes offers fleeting encounters between "illegal" migrants excluded by this border regime and foreign travellers courted by the tourism industry. These ephemeral juxtapositions of people with contrasting political and economic stakes create what we call "visual clashes", gathering in one frame antithetical human lived experiences of this maritime area. Drawing on Nicholas Mirzoeff's concept of the "right to look", which the visual culture theorist and activist uses as a bulwark against a dominant Western regime of visuality, this essay analyses a series of visual texts that bear witness to unwanted encounters by this dominant regime's visual system of classification and separation. The essay examines two press photographs and television images alongside Elleke Boehmer's short story "Synthetic Orange", and analyses a cartographic experiment and a film; each case opposes the authority of Western visuality and makes a claim for the autonomy of the right to look. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The history that follows will show that the limits of (in)humanity are malleable and readily shifted. Whirled in the chaos of life, ordinary people may suddenly be transformed into monsters, and later, may return calmly to their former nature. It remains unclear why these limits prove so diffuse. Dr. Hans Beutelspacher, whose life story took us ten years to reconstruct, traced this path in both directions, and thus came to embody yet another mystery of the human mind. The possessor of an educated and inventive intelligence, he toyed with monstrous behaviour during World War II, before returning just as effortlessly to his «human» and even benevolent state, later developing a prominent career in the field of soil biochemistry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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