Geographies of Displacement: Youth and Migration

这个项目考察了流离失所的移民青年的规模、模式、过程和经历。该项目考虑了推动儿童和青年跨越各种边界空间以及在更广泛的法律、社会文化、政治和经济背景下移徙和流离失所的因素。该项目为博士后研究人员以及本科生和研究生提供培训、指导和专业发展。调查结果将通过学术和其他渠道广泛传播。这项研究将提供与边境安全和服务提供者有关的见解，帮助流离失所的青年。该项目的主要研究目标是在绘制青年移徙和流离失所的地理地图的同时，辨别边境地区青年移徙的规模、空间地理模式、背景和进程。为此，这项研究采用了一种混合方法，整合了以青年为中心的方法，包括基于艺术的民族志工具、参与性讲习班和与青年的口述历史；地理信息系统和故事地图；关键线人访谈；参与者观察；以及移民法庭民族志。此外，该项目将利用创新的参与性方法来开发以儿童为中心的方法工具，以促进将青年观点纳入更广泛的移徙研究。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为是值得支持的。

This project examines the magnitude, patterns, processes, and experiences of displaced migrant youth. The project considers the factors driving child and youth migration and displacement across various border spaces, and within broader legal, socio-cultural, political, and economic contexts. The project provides training, mentorship, and professional development to a postdoctoral researcher and to undergraduate and graduate students. Findings will be disseminated widely through academic and other outlets. The research will provide insights relevant to border security and service providers working with displaced youth. The project’s primary research objective is to discern the magnitude, spatial geographic patterns, contexts, and processes of migrant youth in borderlands while mapping the geographies of youth migration and displacement. To do so, this study employs a mixed-methods approach integrating youth-centered methodologies including art based ethnographic tools, participatory workshops, and oral histories with youth; GIS and story mapping; key informant interviews; participant observation; and immigration courtroom ethnographies. Additionally, the project will utilize innovative participatory approaches to develop child-centered methodological tools specific to facilitating integration of youth perspectives into wider migration studies. Results will make theoretical and methodological contributions to migration/refugee studies and children/youth studies, within and beyond geography.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.