Research progress of geography of migration and implications from the"material turn"perspective
Since the appearance of the"re-materializing"approach in human geography,the subjectivity of material has been reappraised in the research framework of geography of migration.This reflection helps establishing a new research paradigm that combines mobility and materiality to explain the increasingly complex migration situation in the world.Although the concept of"material turn"first appeared in the literature of social sciences,there is limited research that systematically reviews how geography of migration engages with the materialist approach.Therefore,we intended to examine the current research trends,theoretical debates,and research frontiers in geography of migration,and then construct a theoretical framework that foregrounds the interactive relationship between migration and material.This article first examined the philosophical theory of Western material research,finding that the"material turn"trend was originally rooted in Western materialism,new materialism,and body phenomenology.Second,through the quantitative analysis of the migration-related literature in geography,we found that the research engaging"material turn"in the past 10 years mainly focused on four research hotspots:1)migration infrastructure;2)migration material culture;3)immigrants'bodies,emotion,and politics;and 4)more-than-human migration geography.Focusing on the key research on material theories,this article summarized the current insights in Western and Chinese geography of migration to systematically explain the agency of material during the migration process,which may shed light on the importance of material in mediating the relationship between immigrant and place.Finally,this article constructed a theorical model around the relationship of"migrant-material-place",and further put forward the research prospect of establishing Chinese localized immigration theory.The research on"material turn"not only helps to guide new theoretical trends in geography of migration,but also promotes the place integration of international and intraregional immigrants in China.
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