Armenians around the World: Migration and Transnationality

This book provides multidisciplinary analysis of historically determined and currently widespread migration processes of Armenians around the world. The volume explores construction of transnational Armenian migratory networks, motivation of Armenian migrants, socio-economic and gender aspects of communication, adaptation, and integration.

This volume explores Armenian migration around the world, including the interrelation between domestic communities in Armenia and Armenian communities elsewhere. It takes a close look at the motivation to migrate and the specifics of Armenian communities in different EU countries and the United States. Authors from Armenia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, and the US use various approaches to the subject such as case-study, in-depth interviews, surveys, comparative and network analysis, as well as migration and transnationalism theories. The collection offers new insights into local Armenian community structure, lifestyle, communication and adaptation, social, economic and gender aspects of migration.

Autorentext

Artur Mkrtichyan is Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at the Yerevan State University of Armenia. He was a research fellow at Bielefeld University, the Humboldt University of Berlin, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Innsbruck. He is interested in identity, migration, conflict analysis, political transformations and sociological theories.

Inhalt

Contents: Artur Mkrtichyan: Towards the New Armenian Networks: Theoretical Considerations - Maria I. Zaslavskaya: Armenian Transnationalism: On Some Features of Ethnic Identity Transformation in Transnational Migration Networks - Arthur Atanesyan/Arem Mkrtchyan/Gagik Tumanyan: Some Aspects of Functioning of the Armenian Migratory Networks (On the Study of Local Communities in Armenian Regions) - Harutyun Vermishyan: Local Manifestation of Transnationality in Current Armenian (RA) Village Communities - Aghasi Tadevosyan: Everyday Life and Practices of Armenian Migrants in the Host Countries - Astghik Chaloyan: Studying Transnational Lifestyles: Transnational Social Fields of Second Generation Armenians in Germany - Ulrike Lingen- Ali: Narrations of «Here» and «There» - Contradictions and Continuities in Identity Constructions of An Armenian-Yezidi Refugee in Germany. An Intersectional Case Analysis - Bruce M. Stave: Armenians in Connecticut: Oral History, The Long Shadow of Genocide, and The Building of Community - Maria Immacolata Macioti: Armenian Emigration to Italy - Arsen Arzumanyan: The Social And Cultural Relations Between The Armenian Community of Romania and The Republic of Armenia in the Early 2000s - Victor Agadjanian/Cecilia Menjívar/Arusyak Sevoyan: The Impact of Male Labour Migration on Women and Households in Rural Armenia - Ashot Aleksanyan: Armenian Labour Migration as a Phenomenon of Social Integration - Zofia Baldyga/Heghine Manasyan: Circular Migration: Normative and Positive View on Labour Migrants Returning to Armenia - Haykanush Chobanyan: Return Migration to Armenia: Lessons Learnt, Priorities and Contemporary Challenges - Harutyun Marzpanyan/Armen Tshughuryan: Migration Risks Influence on Human Capital Reproduction in Armenia - Hasmik Gevorgyan: Gender Aspects of Migration Processes in Armenia: an Integrative Approach.