Renegotiation of local orders: Migration-induced diversity, intergroup relations, conflicts and integration dynamics in the district

This comparative-explorative project is dedicated to the coexistence of "groups" in selected neighbourhoods of Dortmund, Bonn and Magdeburg that are characterised by migration-related diversity. It explores how the orders of coexistence are reproduced, varied and changed through local interactions of conflict and negotiation. The selection of the study cities is explained by the aim of taking socio-spatial inequality and different manifestations of migration-related diversity into account as a comparative dimension. The research approach used is a combination of figuration-sociological conflict analysis, negotiated-order and symbolic-boundary-making approaches. In this way, not only intended manifest, but also non-intended pre-flexive negotiation processes of local-spatial everyday interaction come into view. The data collection is based on methods of social space analysis and urban ethnography.

Coordination:
Dr. Jörg Hüttermann, IKG, University of Bielefeld

Projekt teams:
IKG, University of Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick, Johannes Ebner, Hannah Mietke, Dr. Anna-Lisa Müller, Benjamin Zeibig, Dr. Steffen Zdun

IMIS, Osnabrück University
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott, Denis van de Wetering

BIM, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, Daniel Kubiak