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Going beyond the 'typical' student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal
Nada,C. Ploner,J. van Mol,C. Araujo,H.C.C.
Nada,C.
Ploner,J.
van Mol,C.
Araujo,H.C.C.
Abstract
Research on international student migration has been burgeoning, leading to a more nuanced understanding of international students whose experiences were, for many years, conceptualised in a rather limited way. In this paper, we aim to advance understanding of the diversity and complexity of student migrants' experiences, by proposing a new interpretive framework, developed through narrative enquiry. Based on an in-depth narrative analysis of 41 "biographical encounters" with student migrants in Portugal, we illustrate the potential of biographical approaches in highlighting students' subjectivities, and the complex interplay of diverse factors that shape migration processes. A migration "profile" was assigned to each narrative, capable of representing its leitmotif. This biographical approach to student migration provides a more nuanced understanding of how student migration emerges in time, thus offering a methodological approach that does justice to the diversity of student migration trajectories and may enhance the empirical examination of their experiences.
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2023
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Research Projects
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Biographical approaches, Diversity, International student migration, Migrant experience, Narratives
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Nada, C, Ploner, J, van Mol, C & Araujo, H C C 2023, 'Going beyond the 'typical' student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal', Comparative Migration Studies, vol. 11, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-023-00349-w
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