Boundary Experiences in Canada: ‘Doing Migration’ and the Role of Adult Education
Michael Bernhard
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Michael Bernhard, Boundary Experiences in Canada: ‘Doing Migration’ and the Role of Adult Education (29.04.2024), Beltz Juventa, 69469 Weinheim, ISSN: 0943-5484, 2022 #1, S.6
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Beschreibung / Abstract
Adults’ engagement with international boundaries can prompt reflection of pedagogical and social work practice. This paper reports findings from a qualitative dissertation project that explores how people learn when moving to a new country. Taking a doing migration perspective which brings into view performative aspects of mobility and migration, I draw on narrative interviews conducted with individuals with tertiary education who moved to Canada as adults. Using the documentary method, I identified three forms of boundary engagement as enduring in-betweenness, navigating boundaries, and solidifying boundaries. The findings suggest that a more nuanced understanding of the different forms of boundary engagement may be useful to expand social work and adult education practice in the context of migration and international mobility to create new spaces for reflection and learning.