Migration Decisions and Paths in Family Stories of Polish Intergenerational Dyads in Germany

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dc.abstract.enThe article addresses migration as a temporally-embedded process, shedding light on the complexity of individual and family trajectories. Through a multi-perspective lens, we examine migration decision- making and constructions of shared migration stories in Polish families in Germany. Previous research, largely focused on economic activity as a driver behind seasonal migration, has obscured the implications of generationality in this destination country. The findings stem from the IRIMTA study, which uses multi-perspective interviews with young adults (aged 18–29) who grew up in Germany and represent 1.5 and second-generation, as well as their parents (aged 44–68) who left Poland approx. 25 years ago. The article’s question is: How are migration decisions and paths intergenerationally narrated in the context of Polish families in Germany? The analysis reveals that parents and their adult children consistently recall the process of moving to Germany, referring to the same events, even if their emotional attitudes to the mobility projects differ. We reveal gender and subsequent relational and professional paths in Germany as filters that shape how migration is viewed today by the parents. As for young adults, we report mostly positive feelings associated with living in Germany, as well as their Polish background, thus demonstrating the role of migration stories in engendering intergenerational transnationalism.
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Społecznych
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Społecznych w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorKapciak, Zuzanna
dc.contributor.authorPustułka, Paulina
dc.date.access2025-06-09
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-11T08:49:23Z
dc.date.available2025-06-11T08:49:23Z
dc.date.created2025
dc.date.issued2025-06-09
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>The article addresses migration as a temporally-embedded process, shedding light on the complexity of individual and family trajectories. Through a multi-perspective lens, we examine migration decision- making and constructions of shared migration stories in Polish families in Germany. Previous research, largely focused on economic activity as a driver behind seasonal migration, has obscured the implications of generationality in this destination country. The findings stem from the IRIMTA study, which uses multi-perspective interviews with young adults (aged 18–29) who grew up in Germany and represent 1.5 and second-generation, as well as their parents (aged 44–68) who left Poland approx. 25 years ago. The article’s question is: How are migration decisions and paths intergenerationally narrated in the context of Polish families in Germany? The analysis reveals that parents and their adult children consistently recall the process of moving to Germany, referring to the same events, even if their emotional attitudes to the mobility projects differ. We reveal gender and subsequent relational and professional paths in Germany as filters that shape how migration is viewed today by the parents. As for young adults, we report mostly positive feelings associated with living in Germany, as well as their Polish background, thus demonstrating the role of migration stories in engendering intergenerational transnationalism.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber2022/47/O/ HS6/00976
dc.description.granttitleIntergenerational Relations In Migrants’ Transitions-to-Adulthood. Polish families with young adult children in Germany and Norway (IRIMTA)
dc.description.issue1(195)
dc.description.physical83-103
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.4467/25444972SMPP.25.004.21387
dc.identifier.eissn2544-4972
dc.identifier.issn2081-4488
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1504
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/smpp/artykul/migration-decisions-and-paths-in-family-stories-of-polish-intergenerational-dyads-in-germany
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki socjologiczne
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.entransnationalism
dc.subject.engenerations
dc.subject.enintergenerational research
dc.subject.enmigration
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dc.titleMigration Decisions and Paths in Family Stories of Polish Intergenerational Dyads in Germany
dc.title.journalStudia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle