Reflexivity Lab
The ReflexLab is the central space for joint interdisciplinary research in the Collaborative Research Centre. This includes discussions of overarching methodological and conceptual questions as well as the processing of thematic overlaps between the sub-projects and an analysis of what reflexivity means in each individual sub-project and from different disciplinary perspectives. At the same time, the Reflexivity Lab takes care of the development of an innovative methodology of reflexive migration research and a reflexive theory of the production of migration.
The working formats of the laboratory include WorkLabs on the theorisation of the media of the production of migration and a WorkLab ›Reflexive Methodology‹, in which – in continuous cooperation with the SFB Mercator Fellow and the SFB’s guests – the concept of reflexivity is analysed both theoretically and in terms of research practice from various disciplinary perspectives. The lab also provides a space for creative, experimental work in which new possibilities for knowledge and critique are generated. These are tested, implemented and further developed in dialogue with the SFB’s specific empirical projects. This also includes close co-operation with the transfer project.
The ReflexLab continuously supports the sub-projects in their data collection and analysis processes. Its planned publications include a theoretical volume on the production of migration, a handbook on reflexive migration research and an international anthology on ›Epistemic Trust‹ (together with Princeton University and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, among others).
