Informace o kvalifikační práci Belonging and Defensive Urban Citizenship: How the Arrival of Syrian Refugees Created Spaces of Solidarities and Competition with the Established Arab Migrants in Berlin
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Hlavní téma
Breaking Down the Hegemony: Understanding the Impact of the 2015 Migration Wave on Urban Culture in Berlin Sonnenallee
Hlavní téma v angličtině
Breaking Down the Hegemony: Understanding the Impact of the 2015 Migration Wave on Urban Culture in Berlin Sonnenallee
Název dle studenta
Belonging and Defensive Urban Citizenship: How the Arrival of Syrian Refugees Created Spaces of Solidarities and Competition with the Established Arab Migrants in Berlin
Název dle studenta v angličtině
Belonging and Defensive Urban Citizenship: How the Arrival of Syrian Refugees Created Spaces of Solidarities and Competition with the Established Arab Migrants in Berlin
This research critically examines the urban encounter between the established Arab immigrant community residing in Berlin since the 1990s and after and the new Syrian refugees from 2015 onwards in a single neighborhood. It asks how the established group reacted to and received the arrival of newcomers in their urban space. By looking into Arab solidarity as defined through the Arab nationalist ideology that is based on shared ethnicity, language, history, and geography, it analyses how established Arab immigrants (re-)construct and (re-) define their relationship to a place and their sense of belonging in a neighborhood in response to newcomers. Through the conduction of an ethnographic study in the Neukölln district of Berlin, with a particular emphasis on the "Arab Street," employing participant observation and interviews with the two migrant groups (long-term residents and the newcomers), this research studies the relationship between migrants and a neighborhood by linking two conceptual frameworks: migrant place-making and agency-related urban citizenship. It finds two spaces of existence between both generations. First, solidarity among Arabs arises based on a shared migration experience and a stronger regional identity strengthened by the German national rhetoric on Arab immigrants. Second, competition and threat developed through time as long-term residents reevaluated their position in the city based on the accessibility of the newcomers to different policies.
Anotace v angličtině
This research critically examines the urban encounter between the established Arab immigrant community residing in Berlin since the 1990s and after and the new Syrian refugees from 2015 onwards in a single neighborhood. It asks how the established group reacted to and received the arrival of newcomers in their urban space. By looking into Arab solidarity as defined through the Arab nationalist ideology that is based on shared ethnicity, language, history, and geography, it analyses how established Arab immigrants (re-)construct and (re-) define their relationship to a place and their sense of belonging in a neighborhood in response to newcomers. Through the conduction of an ethnographic study in the Neukölln district of Berlin, with a particular emphasis on the "Arab Street," employing participant observation and interviews with the two migrant groups (long-term residents and the newcomers), this research studies the relationship between migrants and a neighborhood by linking two conceptual frameworks: migrant place-making and agency-related urban citizenship. It finds two spaces of existence between both generations. First, solidarity among Arabs arises based on a shared migration experience and a stronger regional identity strengthened by the German national rhetoric on Arab immigrants. Second, competition and threat developed through time as long-term residents reevaluated their position in the city based on the accessibility of the newcomers to different policies.
This research critically examines the urban encounter between the established Arab immigrant community residing in Berlin since the 1990s and after and the new Syrian refugees from 2015 onwards in a single neighborhood. It asks how the established group reacted to and received the arrival of newcomers in their urban space. By looking into Arab solidarity as defined through the Arab nationalist ideology that is based on shared ethnicity, language, history, and geography, it analyses how established Arab immigrants (re-)construct and (re-) define their relationship to a place and their sense of belonging in a neighborhood in response to newcomers. Through the conduction of an ethnographic study in the Neukölln district of Berlin, with a particular emphasis on the "Arab Street," employing participant observation and interviews with the two migrant groups (long-term residents and the newcomers), this research studies the relationship between migrants and a neighborhood by linking two conceptual frameworks: migrant place-making and agency-related urban citizenship. It finds two spaces of existence between both generations. First, solidarity among Arabs arises based on a shared migration experience and a stronger regional identity strengthened by the German national rhetoric on Arab immigrants. Second, competition and threat developed through time as long-term residents reevaluated their position in the city based on the accessibility of the newcomers to different policies.
Anotace v angličtině
This research critically examines the urban encounter between the established Arab immigrant community residing in Berlin since the 1990s and after and the new Syrian refugees from 2015 onwards in a single neighborhood. It asks how the established group reacted to and received the arrival of newcomers in their urban space. By looking into Arab solidarity as defined through the Arab nationalist ideology that is based on shared ethnicity, language, history, and geography, it analyses how established Arab immigrants (re-)construct and (re-) define their relationship to a place and their sense of belonging in a neighborhood in response to newcomers. Through the conduction of an ethnographic study in the Neukölln district of Berlin, with a particular emphasis on the "Arab Street," employing participant observation and interviews with the two migrant groups (long-term residents and the newcomers), this research studies the relationship between migrants and a neighborhood by linking two conceptual frameworks: migrant place-making and agency-related urban citizenship. It finds two spaces of existence between both generations. First, solidarity among Arabs arises based on a shared migration experience and a stronger regional identity strengthened by the German national rhetoric on Arab immigrants. Second, competition and threat developed through time as long-term residents reevaluated their position in the city based on the accessibility of the newcomers to different policies.
This is a 20,000 - 30,000 words thesis that will be submitted on the 1st of August, 2022.
Methodology: Ethnographic Study including Interviews with residents and store owners in Berlin Street Sonnenallee, and participant observation, as I am currently residing in the neighborhood itself.
Research Question: How did the established Arab community in Berlin receive and react to the arrival of the Syrian refugees in 2015 and how did their shared ethnolinguistic background affect this reception?
Guiding questions:
1. How do previous Arab immigrants residing in Sonnenallee relate to the neighborhood and other Arab nationals?
2. What outcome did 2015 have on the established community's urban citizenship?
Possible Chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. History of Arab migration towards Germany
4. German Refugee Policy: 1990 vs 2015
5. Methodology
6. Initial Response to the Arrival of Syrian Refugees
7. Development of the relationship between both immigrant communities
8. Conclusion
Zásady pro vypracování
This is a 20,000 - 30,000 words thesis that will be submitted on the 1st of August, 2022.
Methodology: Ethnographic Study including Interviews with residents and store owners in Berlin Street Sonnenallee, and participant observation, as I am currently residing in the neighborhood itself.
Research Question: How did the established Arab community in Berlin receive and react to the arrival of the Syrian refugees in 2015 and how did their shared ethnolinguistic background affect this reception?
Guiding questions:
1. How do previous Arab immigrants residing in Sonnenallee relate to the neighborhood and other Arab nationals?
2. What outcome did 2015 have on the established community's urban citizenship?
Possible Chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. History of Arab migration towards Germany
4. German Refugee Policy: 1990 vs 2015
5. Methodology
6. Initial Response to the Arrival of Syrian Refugees
7. Development of the relationship between both immigrant communities
8. Conclusion
Seznam doporučené literatury
1. Suzanne M. Hall (2015) Super-diverse street: a ‘trans- ethnography’ across migrant localities, Ethnic and Racial Studies,
38:1, 22-37, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.858175.
2. Münch, Sybille (2009) "it’s all in the mix”: constructing ethnic segregation as a social problem in Germany,
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 24 no.4.
3. Steigemann. ‘Multi-culti’ vs. ‘another cell phone store‘: Changing ethnic, social, and commercial diversities in Berlin- Neukölln. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: an Interdisciplinary Journal, 12:1, 83-105. https://doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v12.i1 .6872
4. Kuppinger, Petra (2014), A Neighborhood Shopping Street and the Making of Urban Cultures and Economies in Germany, Monmouth College.
5. Barwick, Christine. Are Immigrants really lacking social networking skills? The crucial role of reciprocity in building ethnically diverse networks. Sociology 51, no.2 (2017).
Seznam doporučené literatury
1. Suzanne M. Hall (2015) Super-diverse street: a ‘trans- ethnography’ across migrant localities, Ethnic and Racial Studies,
38:1, 22-37, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.858175.
2. Münch, Sybille (2009) "it’s all in the mix”: constructing ethnic segregation as a social problem in Germany,
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 24 no.4.
3. Steigemann. ‘Multi-culti’ vs. ‘another cell phone store‘: Changing ethnic, social, and commercial diversities in Berlin- Neukölln. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: an Interdisciplinary Journal, 12:1, 83-105. https://doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v12.i1 .6872
4. Kuppinger, Petra (2014), A Neighborhood Shopping Street and the Making of Urban Cultures and Economies in Germany, Monmouth College.
5. Barwick, Christine. Are Immigrants really lacking social networking skills? The crucial role of reciprocity in building ethnically diverse networks. Sociology 51, no.2 (2017).