Abstract:

The seminar will consist of two parts. In the first part, the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the project Academia and Cultural Production as Postmigrant Fields in Sweden (RJ, 2021-24) will be presented. Instead of focusing on 'researching migrants,' the project shifted attention to the relationships in professional contexts characterized by complex entanglements with migration, mobility, and transnational practices. The reasons will be explained, for the choice of the postmigration as an analytical perspective that acknowledges antagonistic positions and struggles about participation and representation, but also new alliances that are not reduced to heritage and ‘cultural belonging’ in the two fields of our scrutiny. The second part of the seminar will be devoted to reviewing the main findings concerning the field of academia.

Bio:

Maja Povrzanović Frykman is Professor of Ethnology and Coordinator of doctoral education at the Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University. As a researcher of migration-related experiences and practices, she is affiliated to the Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare. She coordinates the project “Academia and cultural production as postmigrant fields in Sweden” funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond in 2021-24 (https://postmigrantfields8.wordpress.com), which will be discussed in the seminar.