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Dispatches from Metropolis International Partner Update
Dispatches focuses on providing timely information
(bimonthly) concentrating on results, upcoming events, and updates on various
experiments conducted by the international Metropolis partners. It is
your communications device, Partner UpdateArgentinaThe third meeting of the National Metropolis Project of Argentina
will take place in Buenos Aires on September 27 and 28. Led by Padre Mario
Santillo, the meeting will feature presentations on a wide range of
immigration and integration issues by representatives of the Argentine
national government, Asia Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN) The APMRN website has changed to http://www.capstrans.edu.au/apmrn/
please update your bookmarks accordingly. The Asia-Pacific Migration Research
Network, through the Australia Migration Research Network, will host
the Spring 2002 meeting of the Australia The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs has recently lauched two major reports: "Labour Force Experience of New Migrants" and "Skilled Labour: Gains and Losses." Copies of the reports can be obtained on-line at http://www.immi.gov.au/research/publications Canada A three volume report entitled, "Lessons Learned: An Evaluation of Northern Alberta’s Experience with Kosovar Refugees" has been completed and posted on the Prairie Metropolis Centre of Excellence’s website at http://www.pcerii.metropolis.net South Africa The Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) wishes
to announce the publication of Migration Policy Series No. 22 on "Immigration,
Xenophobia and Human Rights in South Africa" in partnership with the Roll
Back Xenophobia Campaign of the South African Human Rights Commission. Hard copies can be obtained from Vincent Williams at vincent@idasact.org.za
SAMP produces a monthly summary of news items on migration issues across the SADC region. If you wish to receive this summary electronically once a month, please indicate by simply returning this message. No other comment is necessary. United Kingdom The Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol has concluded its first full year of operation. This year has seen the forging of significant links with Metropolis. Tariq Modood participated in the Fourth and Fifth International Metropolis Conferences and participated as a consultant on aCarnegie Endowment for International Peace project. At the same time, Paul Spoonley from Massey University in New Zealand has visited Bristol twice to develop collaborative projects. On-going projects include a pair of conferences on Islamaphobia planned for Bristol and Sydney by Tariq Modood and Geoff Levey at the University of New South Wales. For more information, please contact Center Director Tariq Modood at ethnicity-centre@bris.ac.uk United NationsThe Secretary General recently tabled a report on "International migration and development, including the question of the convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and development to address migration issues" in the General Assembly of the United Nations.It lists Metropolis as one of six organizations (along with the International Organization for Migration, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the of Europe, the European Union, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development) outside of the United Nations system which addresses these issues in a substantive manner. The report draws several conclusions of note to Metropolis: International migration and development could be an issue of central concern in the work of the United Nations system. The United Nations, in collaboration with other relevant organizations and agencies, may wish to intensify its efforts to support the multilateral forums in which governments, international organizations and the civil society participate directly Documenting and disseminating information on successful migration management programmes based on recent experience may also contribute to a better undertsanding of the interrelationships between migration and development. United StatesThe International Migration Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has evolved into the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). It is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people workdwide. For more information please contact:The Department of Health and Human Services has recently launched a major report entitled, "Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity". Metropolis EventsThe Fifth Canadian National Metropolis ConferenceThe Fifth National Conference was held in Ottawa October 16-20.
Over 600 researchers, policymakers and NGOs participated in the event. It
was an opportunity to showcase research and best practices developed over
the past six years – most of which will be available on the Canadian national
Metropolis website. In addition, participants assisted in the design of
twelve Sixth International Metropolis ConferenceThe Sixth International Metropolis Conference will take place in Rotterdam from November 26-30. CroatiaThe Croatian Centre for Strategic Studies will host a Metropolis conference in the Spring of 2002 on the subject of diaspora considered from two points of view, that of the homeland and of the countries of destination. The issues will include economic, social, and political activities of diasporas and the policy interests that follow. Seventh International Metropolis ConferenceThe Seventh International Metropolis Conference will take place in Oslo in early September, 2002. The exact dates will be announced soon. More information about this event will be available at the time of the Rotterdam conference. Web News Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI) Volume 2 Number 1 has now been published. Articles include:Maja Korac Cross-ethnic Networks, Self-Reception System, and Functional Integration of Refugees from the Former Yugoslavia in Rome Hakan Gurses, Barbara Herzog-Punzenberger, Karl Reiser, Sabine Strasser and Dilek Cinar The Necessary Impossibility: Dynamics of Identity Among Young People of Different Backgrounds in Vienna Bilkis Vissandjée, Morton Weinfeld, Sophie Dupéré and Shelly Abdool Sex, Gender, Ethnicity and Access to Health Care Services: Research and Policy Challenges for Immigrant Women in Canada Peter Li The Racial Subtext in Canada’s Immigration Discourse Christopher Bagley, Floyd Bolitho and Lorne Bertrand Ethnicities and Social Adjustment in Canadian Adolescents Wsevolod W. Isajiw Toward a New Modus Vivendi Between Academic Research and Practical Social Policy Information on JIMI can be found at http://www.jimi.metropolis.net New Working Papers from the Vancouver Metropolis Centre of Excellence Copies of these papers can be found on the Metropolis website at http://www.canada.metropolis.net New Working Papers from the Montreal Metropolis Centre of Excellence Copies of this papers can be found on the Metropolis website at http://www.canada.metropolis.net New Working Papers from the Transnational Communities Programme at Oxford All papers can be found on-line at http://www.transcomm.ox.ac.uk Steven Vertovec Transnational Challenges to the 'New' Multiculturalism Alisdair Rogers Traces Volume 3 - hard copy of the programme's on-line news digest Ralph Grillo Transnational Migration And Multiculturalism In Europe
Marina Oussatcheva Institutions in Diaspora: The Case of Armenian Community in Russia
Ruud Koopmans and Paul Statham How national citizenship shapes transnationalism: A comparative analysis of migrant claims-making in Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands
Bruno Riccio Karen Fog Olwig Researching Global Socio-Cultual Fields: Views from an Extended Field Site Peggy Levitt Between God, Ethnicity, And Country: An Approach To The Study Of Transnational Religion Roger Ballard The Impact of Kinship on the Economic Dynamics of Transnational Networks: Reflections on some South Asian Developments Bridget Anderson Multiple Transnationalism: Space, the State and Human Relations
Steven Vertovec Transnational Social Formations: Towards Conceptual Cross-fertilization Paul Kennedy & Victor Roudometof Communities Across Borders under Globalising Conditions: New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures.
Peter van der Veer Transnational Religion Antoine Pécoud 'Weltoffenheit schafft Jobs':Turkish Entrepreneurship and Multiculturalism in Berlin
Patricia R. Pessar and Sarah J. Mahler Gender and Transnational Migration
Khachig Tölölyan Elites and Institutions in the Armenian Transnation
Eva K. Østergaard-Nielsen The Politics of Migrants' Transnational Political Practices Robert C. Smith Migrant Membership as an Instituted Process: Comparative Insights from the Mexican and Italian Cases Recent Publications by Metropolis Network Members A special issue of Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs has been issued on the subject of new research and theory on Immigrant transnationalism. The issue is guest edited by Alejandro Portes. More information on the journal can be found at: http://www.globalnetworksjournal.com George J. Borjas Heaven’s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy. Princeton University Press. Henry Chow. "The Determinants of Academic Performance: Hong Kong Immigrant Students in Canadian Schools." Canadian Ethnic Studies XXXII, No. 3, 2000: 105-111. Ransford K. Danso and Miriam R. Grant "Access Housing as an Adaptive Strategy for Immigrant Groups: Africans in Calgary" Canadian Ethnic Studies XXXII, No. 3, 2000: 19-44. Julia Krane, Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez and Kimberley Ducey "Violence Against Women and Ethnoracial Minority Women: Examining Assumptions about Ethnicity and ‘Race’." Canadian Ethnic Studies XXXII, No. 3, 2000: 1-19. Ruben Rumbaut et. Al. Eds. "Tranfromations: Immigration and Immigration Research in the United States," American behavioral Scientist, 42(9): 1258-1474. 1999. Alejandro Portes and Ruben Rumbaut. Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation. Jan Rath. Immigrant Businesses: The Economic, Political and Social Environment. New York: Macmillan Press Ltd., 2000. Tariq Modood (forthcoming, 2001) The Place of Muslims in British Secular Multiculturalism’ in N AlSayyad and M Castells (eds) Muslim Europe, New York: Lexington Books. Tariq Modood and S. May (forthcoming, 2001) ‘Multiculturalism and Education in Britain: An Internally Contested Debate’, International Journal of Education’, 35 (4). R. Barot (forthcoming 2001) ‘Virtue and Ethics among the Hindus’ , in Kieran Flanagan and Peter Jupp’s (eds) Virtue, Ethics and Sociology: Issues of Modernity and Religion, Basingstoke Macmillan. R. Barot (forthcoming 2001) ‘ Religion, Migration and Wealth Creration in the Swaminarayan Movement in Debroah Bryceson and Ulla Vuorela (eds.) Testing Boundaries: Transnational Families and Migrant Social Networks, Leiden: African Studies Centre. May. Stephen (forthcoming, 2001) Language and Minority Rights. London: Longman. May, Stephen (forthcoming, 2000), Nationalism, Language and Minority Rights. Special Issue. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 21, 5. Guest editor and introduction.
Rohit Barot & John Bird (2001 forthcoming) 'Racilization: The Genealogy and Critique of a Concept' Ethnic and Racial Studies. Learning Materials Corner Two sets of classroom ready materials designed to increase understanding of the role immigration has played in Canadian History and Society have been produced by Classroom Connections The materials, named Strangers Becoming Us have been developed by the Metropolis Centre of Excellence based in Toronto. One package targets grades 4-8 and the other targets grades 10-11. More information can be obtained from http://www.classroom-connections.com or from the Toronto Centre’s website at http://www.ceris.metropolis.net Related Initiatives Centre for Comparative Immigration Studies Recent publications include: Thomas K. Bauer, Magnus Lofstrom and Klaus F. Zimmermann
Alejandra Castañeda and Emiko Saldívar Ciudadanías Excluidas: Indígenas y Migrantes en México Gunther Dietz Frontier Hybridization or Culture Clash?: Trans-national Migrant Communities and Sub-national Identity Politics in Andalusia, Spain
Lynn Stephen Globalization, the State, and the Creation of Flexible Indigenous Workers: Mixtec Farmworkers in Oregon Philip Martin Farm Labor in California: Then and Now Valerie F. Hunt When Institutional Boundaries Meet New Political Ideas: Courts, Congress and U.S. Immigration Policy Reform May Relaño Pastor Mexican Immigrant Women's Narratives of Language Experience: Defediéndose in Southern California
Idean Salehyan Safe Haven: International Norms, Strategic Interests, and U.S. Refugee Policy Alan Kessler Immigration, Economic Insecurity, and the "Ambivalent" American Public E. Anne Beal Global Products, Embedded Contexts: The Interpretation of Consumption Practices Among Palestinian Migrants in Amman Centre for Economic Policy ResearchThe Centre for Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University posts its discussion papers on-line at http://cepr.anu.edu.au/ceprcontact.htmPapers of interest include: Deborah Cobb-Clark Do Selection Criteria Make a Difference? Viusa Category and the Labour Force Status of Australian Immigrants Deborah Cobb-Clark, Marie D. Connolly, and Christophere Worswick The Job Search and Education Investments of Immigrant Families Deborah Cobb-Clark and Thomas F. Crossley Gender, Comparative Advantage and Labour Market Activities in Immigrant Families Deborah Cobb-Clark and Bruce J. Chapman The Changing Pattern of Immigrants’ Labour Market Experiences Educational Resources Information Centre Clearinghouse on Urban Education The ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education (ERIC/CUE) is one of sixteen specialized clearinghouses in the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) system, a national information service and database funded by the National Library of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, at the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC/CUE's areas of concern include:
Information can be obtained on-line at http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/ Related Events Ethnicizing the Nation Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Sixteenth Biennial Conference Themes: Sites of popular culture Memory, place and politics International Migrant Conference on Labor-Export and Forced Migration Amidst Globalization (Manila, Philippines November 4-8, 2001) Two Days of Canada 2001 Law, Culture, Social Change: Legal Responses to Innovation 16th Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian
Studies in the United States Globalization and Citizenship 35th EUROFOR Conference Bringing Communities Together Sporting Cultures: Hispanic and European Perspectives American Economic Association International Atlantic Economic Society Immigration and America’s Changing Ethnic Landscapes pandit@uga.edu Canadian Anthropology Association Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Association for Canadian Studies Institute of Public Administration Canada Canadian Anthropology Society Panel submissions welcome prior to October 31, 2001 and papers prior to January 31, 2002. Please sen proposals to Max Hedley at hedley@uwindsor.ca or Glynis George at ggeorge@uwinsor.ca The Social Implications of Planning and Design Scholars interested in participating in this meeting (i.e. chairs, presenters etc.) please contact Willem van Vliet at willem@spot.colorado.edu
Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada Submissions in either English or Japanese should be sent by e-mail to Dr. Hiroko Noro at hnoro@uvic.ca prior to December 15, 2001. Global Review of EthnoPolitcs Submission of original papers (6000-8000 words), research notes (2000-4000 words) and book reviews (800-1000 words) are invited. E-mail papers with a 100-200 word abstract as attachments in MS word to Stefan Wolff at s.wolff@bath.ac.uk The Canadian Journal of Urban Research The Canadian Journal of Urban Research is a multidisciplinary, scholarly journal dedicated to publishing articles that address a wide range of issues relevant to the field of urban studies. Guidelines can be found on-line at http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~ius/instruct.tm Human Rights Review Human Rights Review welcomes topics not traditionally covered in the existing literature on human rights, as well as attending to practical and policy dimensions of human rights issues. Please send submissions to hrr@wellesley.edu prior to November 1, 2001. XVth ISA World Congress of Sociology Papers for sessions on Ethnic Business and Biography and Immigration, Business and Society are invited. Please contact Jan Rath (rath@pscw.uva.nl) or Ursula Apitzsch (apitzsch@soz.uni-frankfurt.de) by November 1, 2001. Accolades |
