Intergenerational Consequences of Lifestyle Migration (eBook)

German-speaking Immigrants in New Zealand

Irmengard K. Wohlfart (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2017
XX, 262 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-3260-8 (ISBN)

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This book explores the adaptation processes of German-speaking immigrants and their descendants into New Zealand's predominantly Anglophone society. Specifically, it considers the experiences and long-term consequences of the migration of more affluent European immigrants to New Zealand, where migration was predominantly a lifestyle choice.

A comprehensive four-year study adds insights into the social integration and assimilation processes of the immigrants and their descendants, including intercultural marriage behaviour, work and educational achievements and community enrichments. It also considers the institutional and social reception of these immigrants and their children in New Zealand, and the effects these have had on them.

Nexus Analysis reveals that strong motives for lifestyle migration enabled the immigrants to cope with unexpected institutional setbacks in New Zealand, and finds both shifts and maintenance in language and culture, and explores feelings of belonging and identities across three generations.

Dr Irmengard Wohlfart is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Language and Culture at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. She teaches and supervises students in Applied Language Studies and in Translation Studies; and she is the Translation and Interpreting Program Leader. She also is a member of the New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI). Her research interests include translation of literature; international migration motives and consequences from the migrants' perspectives; and intergenerational heritage language and culture transfer. 

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Preface 7
Contents 8
Acronyms 12
List of Figures 13
List of Tables 15
Abstract 16
Engaging the Nexus of Practice 18
1 Introduction 19
1.1 Historical Migration—German-Speaking Europe to New Zealand 20
1.2 Contemporary Migration from German-Speaking Europe 21
1.2.1 Tourism—Migration Connection 22
1.2.2 A Statistics Puzzle 23
1.3 International Migration—Relevant Theories and Studies 25
1.3.1 Migration Theories 25
1.3.2 Studies of Lifestyle Migration 32
1.4 Settlement Theories 33
1.4.1 Acculturation, Adaptation, Assimilation 33
1.4.2 Integration and Assimilation 37
1.4.3 Immigrant Strategies and Tools for Integration 38
1.5 Long-Term Migration Consequences Across Generations 39
1.5.1 Learning from Past Immigration 40
1.5.2 Current Views of Migration Consequences Across Generations 41
1.5.3 Immigrant Generations, Belonging and Identity 41
1.5.4 Incorporation Pathways Across Generations 43
1.6 Language 44
1.7 Research Gap 48
1.8 Research Questions 48
1.9 Study Aims and Rationale 49
1.10 Summary and Outline of the Book 50
2 Methodology 51
2.1 Positioning the Researcher 51
2.2 Ethics Considerations 53
2.3 Nexus Analysis—Research Principles 55
2.3.1 Mediated Action 56
2.3.2 Mediational Means/Cultural Tools 57
2.3.3 Site of Engagement 57
2.3.4 Practices 57
2.3.5 Nexus of Practice 58
2.4 Method—Procedural Steps in Nexus Analysis 59
2.4.1 Engaging the Nexus of Practice 60
2.4.2 Navigating the Nexus of Practice 60
2.4.2.1 Semiotic Cycles 61
2.4.2.2 Historical Body 62
2.4.2.3 Interaction Order 62
2.4.2.4 Discourses in Place 63
2.4.2.5 Discourses Internalized as Practice 63
2.4.2.6 Objects and Concepts as Cultural Tools 63
2.4.2.7 Anticipations and Emanations 64
2.4.2.8 Transformation and Resemiotisation 65
2.4.2.9 Challenge of Choices and Staying Focused 65
2.4.2.10 Analysis of Discourse as Language or Other Semiotic Systems 65
2.4.2.11 Motives 66
2.4.3 Changing the Nexus of Practice 67
2.5 Engaging the Nexus/Preparatory Steps 67
2.5.1 Participant Recruitment and Characteristics 68
2.5.1.1 Pilot Study Participants 68
2.5.1.2 Participants in the Qualitative Main Study 68
2.5.1.3 The Survey Participants 70
2.5.2 Data and Timeline of My Study 72
2.5.3 Data Transcription 73
2.6 Navigating the Nexus/Study Proper 73
2.7 Summary 74
3 Discourses in Place 76
3.1 Discourses in Place Linked to Emigration—Push Factors 76
3.1.1 Cold War 78
3.1.2 Nuclear Pollution 80
3.1.3 Weather and Climate 82
3.1.4 Agricultural Pesticides 83
3.1.5 General Umweltvergiftung 84
3.1.6 European Political Changes During the 1980s and Early 1990s 86
3.2 Discourses Linked to Immigration to New Zealand 86
3.3 Summary 88
Navigating the Nexus of Practice 90
4 Pilot Study 91
4.1 The Follower Generation 92
4.2 Living the “Good Life”—Midlife Migrants 93
4.3 Exploring the Nexuses in the Pilot Study 97
4.3.1 Claudia—The Nexuses 98
4.3.2 Gangolf and Hanni—The Nexuses 106
4.3.3 Pilot Study—Comparison of Immigration Consequences 120
4.4 Reflection and Implications for Main Study 122
5 G1—Lifestyle Migrants 123
5.1 Motives and Keys to Long-Term Residence 123
5.1.1 Motives—Push Factors 124
5.1.2 Migration Motives—Pull Factors 125
5.1.3 Keys to Staying in New Zealand 126
5.2 Settlement 126
5.2.1 Settlement Experiences—Dreams and Realities 128
5.2.2 Settlement Experiences—Human and Social Capital 132
5.2.3 Settlement Experiences—Social Acceptance and Integration 137
5.3 Beyond Settlement—New Zealand Heimat 140
5.3.1 Heimat New Zealand—Ties to Land and People 140
5.3.2 Heimat New Zealand—G1 Languages 142
5.3.3 Heimat New Zealand—G1 Cultural Practices 146
5.3.4 Heimat New Zealand—Material Cultural Tools 151
5.3.5 Concepts Transformed into Cultural Tools and Practices 152
5.3.6 Heimat New Zealand—Paradise? 154
5.4 Summary of G1 Stories 161
6 G2—The Lifestyle Migrants’ Children 163
6.1 Migration Experiences—G2 Born Overseas 163
6.2 Heimat Creation—Overseas-Born G2 164
6.2.1 G2 Adolescents’ Settlement 166
6.2.2 G2 Adults’ Settlement 168
6.2.3 G2—Place Attachment 170
6.3 Language—G2 178
6.3.1 G2—German and English Language—Settlement 178
6.3.2 G2—Language Attitudes, Use, and Identifications Over Time 180
6.4 Summary—G2 Stories 186
7 G3—The Lifestyle Migrants’ Grandchildren 187
7.1 Historical Bodies 187
7.1.1 Language—Learning and Usage 188
7.1.2 G3—Language and Interaction Domains 189
7.1.3 Place Attachment 197
7.1.4 Security 201
7.2 Societal Discourses impacting G3 Heimat creation 201
7.3 Summary 202
8 Synthesis Across the Generations 203
8.1 Consequences of Migration Over Time Within G1 204
8.2 Key Consequences of Migration Over Time Within G2 205
8.3 Key Consequences of Grandparents’ Migration Within G3 Over Time 206
8.4 Migration Consequences: Key Changes Across Three Generations 206
8.4.1 Survey—Changes Across Three Generations 207
9 Discussion of Findings 210
9.1 Discussion of Push and Pull Factors 210
9.2 Discussion of Participants’ Perceptions of New Zealand Realities 211
9.3 Findings and International Lifestyle Migration of the Highly Skilled 213
9.4 Intercontinental Lifestyle Migration—Consequences Across Generations 215
9.4.1 Human and Social Capital Devaluation 216
9.4.2 Social Networks 217
9.4.3 Transnational Connections 218
9.4.4 Heimat Creation and Change 219
9.4.5 Language as a Cultural Tool 222
9.4.6 Ethnic Identities 225
9.5 Reflections on the Study 229
9.5.1 Potential Weaknesses of the Study 229
9.5.2 Strengths of the Study 230
10 Changing the Nexus of Practice 231
10.1 Contributions the Study Makes 231
10.2 Suggestions Arising from the Findings 233
Appendix 238
Survey 238
Survey 242
Bibliography 246

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 262 p. 34 illus., 30 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: cultural change and migration • Cultural Identity • cultural imprints • cultural maintenance • discrimination against migrants • German-speaking migrants • Immigration to New Zealand • interethnic/intercultural marriage • Language and education • Language Shift • lifestyle migration • migrant generations • migrant identity • Multicultural identities • New Zealand and migration • Nexus analysis • skilled migrants
• ISBN-10: 981-10-3260-2 / 9811032602
• ISBN-13: 978-981-10-3260-8 / 9789811032608