On Tuesday June 4th Migration Hub receives visitors from Prio, Oslo, namely Marta Bivand Erdal and Karen Liao, who will present their research, along with Gunika Rishi (NTNU). 

The event will take place from 12-15 in room D153. 

All welcome!

Presentations:
•    Karen Liao – Comfortable immobility and upward social mobility among middle-class families in urban Asia
•    Gunika Rishi - Challenging hegemonic paradigms: A study of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors' narratives in the Norwegian context
•    Marta Bivand Erdal - Mothers, daughters and aunties: Women, migration and social mobility in urban Asian families

On Tuesday 21.11, Migration Hub invites a methodological workshop with Christopher High | lnu.se entitled: “Participatory technologies. A hands-on workshop for participatory media in research”

Abstract: This workshop will introduce the use of participatory media production in research, including participatory video, digital storytelling and participatory instant messaging.  The focus will be on practical and methodological considerations for integrating creative methods into social research, drawing on examples from different projects.  There will be an opportunity for some hands-on experience of making media, as well as discussion and feedback on project ideas from participants.

Time and place: 21.11. 10.00-14.00 (including lunch break, lunch not provided), Campus Dragvoll, building 6B, room D152, level 3.

On Monday 20.11 at 11.30 Christopher High | lnu.se from Linnæus University will give a talk entitled ‘Participatory visual methods and applied research with migrants in Sweden’. The event will take place at NTNU Samfunnsforskning in room Månen (2nd floor)

Abstract: Migrant experience in Sweden covers a wide range of experiences and challenges.  This seminar will focus on a set of interlinked teaching, research and action projects that engaged with migrant voices on different topics over the last 4 years, from sexual health and relationships to schooling to rural demographics.  Methodologies included participatory video, digital storytelling, participatory instant messaging and workshops built around social media such as YouTube and TikTok.  I will reflect on what I’ve learnt in terms of the social affordances of participatory technologies, ethical complexity and disaggregating collective experiences.  I’d like to finish by discussing the research agenda for understanding migration more systemically and future directions for research and practice.

After the seminar, there will be a round-table discussion.   

Vi markerer lanseringen av boken "Migrasjon og mobilitet – handlinger, mønstre og forståelser i norsk sammenheng"

Dørene åpner kl. 19, det blir servert velkomstdrikk.
Åpen bar.

Sted: Sosiologisk Poliklinikk (kart).
Arrangør: Trøndersosiologene og Sosiologisk Poliklinikk.

• Velkommen, ved forlagsredaktør i Cappelen Damm Akademisk, Ann Kristin Gresaker
• Bokredaktørene Mariann Villa, Erik T. Valestrand og Johan Fredrik Rye om arbeidet med boken
• Kapittelforfatterne Linda Dyrlid, Turid Sætermo og Alexander Zahl-Thanem om sine kapitler

Du kan lese boka her.

This time the seminar will have two parts. First we invite you to attend dr Ahmed Musa's lecture "Humanitarian aid in complex crisis" that will take place in Auditorium D2 from 10.15-12.00 (bio below).

Then, we will have lunch together in room D150. 

After lunch, we ask all the departments/groups to give a short (10-15 minutes) presentation of their ongoing/planned research or other relevant activities. This may very well be the last time we meet before the summer holiday, so it will be nice to hear what projects you are involved with and your plans ahead. Also, if you have information about relevant conferences or calls, or suggestions for future activities, lectures we could include, topics we could discuss, or other input, feel free to share.

Dr. Musa will be joining us so the presentations should be in English.

Dr. Ahmed Musa

Ahmed M. Musa is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), where he is currently researching ‘Aid Accountability’ in complex crises, specifically using the case of droughts in Somalia. Previously, between 2020-2022, Ahmed undertook research on ‘Diaspora Humanitarianism’ in complex crises as part of his Postdoctoral Research.

Between 2016-2020, Ahmed conducted his PhD research on ‘institutional dynamics and their influence on livestock export on the Berbera Corridor’ at the University of Nairobi. He also served as the Director of Research at the Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention (OCVP) between 2012-2016.

Ahmed's research interests include governance, political economy, livestock trade, economic corridors, humanitarianism in complex crises, and elections.

The event will take place at the canteen of NTNU Samfunnsforskning (NTNU Samfunnsforskning AS - Google Maps) on Thursday 02.02. at 12.30-13.45. 

Migration Hub NTNU is pleased to invite you to the screening of the movie ‘First Time Home’ and to a discussion with the producer Seth Holmes. Holmes is a medical anthropologist from UC Berkeley and the author of ‘Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies’ (Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies by Seth M. Holmes - Paperback - University of California Press (ucpress.edu)) for which he received the Margareth Mead award in 2014. 

About the movie:
‘First Time Home’ is a film directed and shot by young people who are Indigenous Triqui, second-generation immigrants: Noemi Librado Sanchez, Heriberto Ventura, Esmirna Librado, and Esmeralda Ventura. This is their story, told as they wish to tell it. When the four cousins learned their grandfather in Mexico was gravely ill, they traveled from their immigrant community in California to their family's ancestral village in Oaxaca for the first time. The teenagers recorded video letters to share with their parents and other relatives in the U.S., who are farm-workers and have not seen their relatives in Mexico in over 15 years. Through a mixture of Spanish, Triqui, and English, they got to know their grandparents, aunts and uncles. In the midst of border politics and violence, the group of cousins forged a link across thousands of miles, developing a newfound pride in their indigenous immigrant identity and a new understanding of the meaning of family.

Trailer and more info about the movie: First Time Home (firsttimehomefilm.com)

For more information about Holmes’s academic activity see: Seth M. Holmes (sethmholmes.com)

Tuesday 29.11.2022,12.30, room D153, building 6, level 4, Campus Dragvoll (MazeMap).

Ruth McAreavey, from Newcastle University, will give a talk entitled ‘Nurturing a sense of belonging: migrants, identities and recognition’. 

You can learn more about Ruth’s academic activity here: 
Staff Profile - School of Geography, Politics and Sociology - Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)