Con-Communities of Syrian Refugee-Migrants in Germany

德国叙利亚难民移民社区

• 批准号: 401803679
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Anton Escher
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Geographisches Institut
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/401803679?language=en
• 关键词: Con; Communities; Syrian; Refugee; Migrants

Currently, the living environment in Germany is undergoing changes due to the influx of refugees. Among them is a high proportion of people from Syria. In order to find orientation, they build relationships through communication, join existing communities and establish communities across national boundaries to pursue their interests. Thereby, they receive information on how to solve daily problems and how to fulfil their envisioned ways of life. The dynamics of the new organizations formed by refugee-migrants can only partly be explained with the common migration theories and concepts. Henceforth, these organizations are referred to as "Con-Communities". Heuristically speaking, Con-Communities function as a theoretical concept, which allows the development of a theory based on empirical data ("Grounded Theory"). Through “working on the term” (in German “Arbeit am Begriff”), new dimensions and phenomena can be considered, that are not included in previous approaches. With that in mind, the leading question of the proposed project is the following: How do Con-Communities of Syrian refugee-migrants with shared implicit knowledge and with common interests emerge and function in Germany? Within a geographic-ethnographic approach, Con-Communities will be analyzed by taking Syrian refugee-migrants on the one hand and cultural brokers (agents, organizers, leaders) on the other hand into account. Syrians, their communication partners as well as representatives of existing collectives (cultural brokers, singles, couples, families, clans, ethnic groups, associations, refugee organizations, etc.) serve as analytical units. Interview partners of different origins and affiliations as well as asylum status will be contacted in rural and urban areas. The empirical work will be completed whenever it is not possible to screen out new types of Con-Communities and as soon as the knowledge about the emergence and function of different types is saturated. The theoretical-empirical access follows a practice- and digital-oriented approach. The chosen empirical methods include ero-epic dialogues, narrative interviews, participant observation and the analysis of community-building online activities. Interests, knowledge, competences and strategies within the various Con-communities are to be examined through practices, routines, communication and narratives of the analytical units. Further information on the work of Con-Communities can be obtained through projects supporting refugees which are initiated by members, volunteers as well as by institutions. The aim of the study is to develop a “Theory of Con-Communities of Syrian Refugee-Migrants” in the digital age based on an empirical analysis of the living environment in Germany. Thereby, concepts like "Community", "Ethnicity", "Nation", "Imagined Community", „Weak Ties“, "Neo-Tribes" and “Communities of Practice” serve as heuristic elements.

目前，德国的生活环境正因难民涌入而发生变化。其中来自叙利亚的人比例很高。为了找到方向，他们通过沟通建立关系，加入现有的社区，并建立跨越国界的社区，以追求自己的利益。因此，他们得到关于如何解决日常问题和如何实现其设想的生活方式的信息。 难民移民组建的新组织的动态只能用常见的移民理论和概念来部分解释。因此，这些组织被称为“共同体”。从启发性的角度来说，共体作为一个理论概念，它允许基于经验数据的理论（“扎根理论”）的发展。通过“对术语进行研究”（德语“Arbeit am Begriff”），可以考虑以前的方法中没有包括的新的方面和现象。考虑到这一点，拟议项目的主要问题如下：如何共同社区的叙利亚难民移民共享隐性知识和共同利益出现和功能在德国？ 在地理人种学的方法，共同体将进行分析，一方面考虑到叙利亚移民和文化经纪人（代理人，组织者，领导者）另一方面。叙利亚人、他们的通信伙伴以及现有集体的代表（文化经纪人、单身者、夫妇、家庭、氏族、族裔群体、协会、难民组织等）作为分析单位。将在农村和城市地区接触不同出身和隶属关系以及庇护地位的面试伙伴。当不可能筛选出新类型的共同体时，当关于不同类型的出现和功能的知识饱和时，经验工作将完成。 理论-经验访问遵循以实践和数字为导向的方法。研究方法包括：史诗对话、叙事访谈、参与式观察和网络社区建设活动分析。利益，知识，能力和战略内的各种社区将通过实践，惯例，沟通和叙述的分析单位进行检查。通过由成员、志愿者和机构发起的支持难民的项目，可以获得关于共同体工作的更多信息。 本研究的目的是在对德国生活环境进行实证分析的基础上，发展一种数字时代的“叙利亚难民-移民共同体理论”。因此，“社区”、“种族”、“民族”、“想象社区”、“弱关系”、“新部落”和“实践社区”等概念可作为启发性要素。