Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture (Journal)
Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture is a peer-reviewed journal that offers a space for debates on the important nexus of migration and culture. It promotes diverse global and local perspectives by fostering cutting-edge research in this area, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary methodologies.
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture situates itself at the interface of Migration Studies and Cultural Studies. The terminology and key concepts in use in discourses on migration have yet to be sufficiently theorized or understood from theoretical perspectives linked to cultural studies, although migration is intrinsically linked to questions of culture. The course of cultures at both local and global levels is crucially affected by migratory movements. In turn, culture itself is turned migrant.
This journal's scope will be global, with a predominant focus on migration and culture from the latter half of the twentieth century to the present-day. Apart from the inclusion of refereed articles, Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture will include a section of reviews of films, music, photography, exhibitions or books on migration-related topics, interviews with cultural practitioners who focus on migration-related topics, and oral histories of migrant cultural experiences.
The course of cultures at both local and global levels is crucially affected by migratory movements. In turn, culture itself is turned migrant. This double-blind peer-reviewed journal will advance the study of the plethora of cultural texts on migration produced by an increasing number of cultural practitioners across the globe who tackle questions of culture in the context of migration. They do this in a variety of ways and through a variety of media. To name but a few relevant aspects of this juncture of migration and culture, questions of dislocation, travel, borders, diasporic identities, transnational contacts and cultures, cultural memory, the transmission of identity across generations, questions of hybridity and cultural difference, the material and oral histories of migration and the role of new technologies in bridging cultures and fostering cultural cross-pollination will all be relevant. Methodologies of research will include both the study of ‘texts' and fieldwork. Please e-mail the editor at pnair@unu.edu and p.nair@qmul.ac.uk to submit a manuscript or for any additional questions or information.
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
The contribution made by this journal to debates on the important nexus of migration and culture will be crucial. Cultural processes and cultural identity are central aspects of migration, which require diverse theoretical investigations. Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture fosters cutting-edge research in this area, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary methodologies. This journal will advance the study of the plethora of cultural texts on migration produced by an increasing number of cultural practitioners across the globe who tackle questions of culture in diverse contexts of migration. They do this in a variety of ways and through a variety of media. To name but a few relevant aspects of this juncture of migration and culture, questions of dislocation, travel, borders, diasporic identities, transnational contacts and cultures, cultural memory, the transmission of identity across generations, questions of hybridity and cultural difference, the material and oral histories of migration and the role of new technologies in bridging cultures and fostering cultural cross-pollination will all be relevant. Methodologies of research will include both the study of ‘texts' and fieldwork.
Contributions are sought from academics working in Migration Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Geography, Media Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Film Studies, Oral History and Ethnography, Modern Languages and Literatures, as well as from cultural practitioners, such as filmmakers, photographers, musicians, curators, writers and scriptwriters who work on or around the topic of migration. In addition to the inclusion of refereed articles, Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture also welcomes offerings that may vary between extended review articles of films, music, photography, exhibitions or books on migration-related topics and interviews with cultural practitioners who focus on migration-related topics and oral histories of migrant cultural experiences.
Please e-mail the editor at pnair@unu.edu and p.nair@qmul.ac.uk to submit a manuscript or for any additional questions or information.
All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
Advisory Board
Judith Adler Hellman
York University, Toronto, Canada
Claire Chambers
University of York, UK
Mieke Bal
Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, the Netherlands
Robin Cohen
Department of International Development, UK
Avtar Brah
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Paul Gilroy
Kings College, London, UK
Amitava Kumar
Vassar College, New York, USA
Valsamis Mitsilegas
Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Tariq Modood
University of Bristol, UK
Nikos Papastergiadou
University of Melbourne, Australia
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
Contents
- Volume (11): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2020
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- Volume (10): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (10): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (9): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (9): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (8): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (8): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (7): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (7): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (6): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (6): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (5): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (5): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (4): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (4): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (3): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (3): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (2): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2011
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- Volume (1): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2010
Principal Editor
Parvati Nair
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
p.nair@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editor
Elisa Costa Villaverde
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
costavillaverde@gmail.com
Annabelle Wilkins
University of Manchester, UK
annabelle.wilkins@manchester.ac.uk
Reviews Editor
Federica Mazzara
University of Westminster, UK
F.Mazzara@westminster.ac.uk
