Forced Migration and Intergenerational Relations. Adolescent Transformations of Parental Experiences of Forced Migration and Remigration as Exemplified by the “GDR Children of Namibia”.
Final Report Abstract
The study examines adolescent transformations of parental experiences of flight and migration using the example of the children of the “GDR children from Namibia”. In the context of postcolonial social conditions in Namibia and transgenerational transmissions, which are characterized by experiences of flight, exile and remigration, as well as multi-generational family care structures, it works out forms of adolescent transformation and new formation on the basis of five clusters of adolescent life shaping and coping: self-empowerment, adaptive self-realization, entrepreneurship, refusal and self-assertion. With these social practices, adolescents face the social challenges in Namibia as well as the transgenerational transmission of social and biographical upheaval experiences. At the same time, they are confronted with (post-)colonial continuities and re-produced inequalities, which often restrict their adolescent opportunity spaces. Nevertheless, they position themselves agentively as actors in social validity claims - with different forms of coping that are reflected in the respective clusters in different ways. The results demonstrate their relevance by expanding research in educational science on migration and adolescence to include a postcolonial perspective, which leads to a critical revision of (Western) perspectives on family transmission and genetic transformation as well as their research methods.
Publications
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Forced Migration and Intergenerational Relationships. Vortrag an der Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education. Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Windhoek
Armbrüster C. & Witte, M.D.
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Flucht(re-)migration und Generationenbeziehungen. Adoleszente Transformationen zwischen Krise und Agency. Vortrag auf dem 29. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE): Krisen und Transformation. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Armbrüster, C., Witte, M.D. & Yeşilbaş, F.D
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Fluchtmigration und Generationenbeziehungen: Eine qualitative Studie zur adoleszenten Transformation elterlicher Flucht- und Remigrationserfahrungen am Beispiel der Kinder der „DDR-Kinder aus Namibia“. Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research, 18, 585-590.
Armbrüster, Christian; Yeşilbaş, Filiz D. & Witte, Matthias D.
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Postkoloniale Adoleszenz. Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung: Aktuelle Debatten – Erziehungswissenschaft und Postkolonialismus. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Armbrüster C., Leyendecker, S., Witte, M.D. & Yeşilbaş, F.D.
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Forced Migration and Intergenerational Relationships. Vortrag an der Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education. Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Windhoek
Armbrüster C. & Witte, M.D.
