Unequal Knowledge Production and Circulation in Migration Studies: Feminist Perspectives
摘要
Knowledge production and knowledge circulation within the broader field of migration studies are highly unequal. In this chapter, we address the uneven (e)valuation of knowledge and probe more deeply into the institutional dimensions of the uneven production and circulation of knowledge, including the ability to conduct research and its funding, the hegemony of the English language and its implications for research and teaching. We illustrate these problems by drawing on our own engagement with research on gender and migration, as well as a broader reflection on how gender and migration research produced in East Asia, Latin America and Western Europe is taken into account (or not) in some of the key gender and migration discussions. We discuss what we believe are some of the reasons behind the unequal production and circulation of knowledge within gender and migration and provide examples of different ways in which some of the key concepts used extensively in the gender and migration literature, such as gender, care or the family, have different meanings in different contexts. We conclude with some reflections on how we might effectively challenge this uneven knowledge production.