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Networking in contexts: qualitative social network analysis' insights into migration processes
Author(s) -
Kindler Marta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1471-0374
pISSN - 1470-2266
DOI - 10.1111/glob.12310
Subject(s) - ukrainian , ethnic group , sociology , qualitative research , social network analysis , qualitative analysis , social network (sociolinguistics) , interpersonal ties , qualitative property , gender studies , social relation , economic geography , political science , geography , social capital , social science , linguistics , anthropology , computer science , social media , philosophy , machine learning , law
How do migrants network in different contexts? I address this question by using qualitative social network analysis and explore the relationship between shared contexts and individuals' possibilities for interaction as well as (un)intentional network (re)creation. I observe how migrants form ties and draw boundaries in two contexts: (1) institutional and (2) migrant community. I draw on qualitative data from a study of Ukrainian migrants' social networks in Warsaw, Poland. I find that the structural opportunities that facilitate relationships with Poles differ between those Ukrainian migrants who arrived around or after the year 2014 and those who migrated earlier. The relations between Ukrainians are characterized by class divisions, which they interpret via ‘language/ethnic’ differences, reinforced by the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine. However, these symbolic boundaries do not translate into rigid network boundaries.