Longings for Berlin: Exploring the workings of the psycho-social imaginary in British migration

Maile, Stella; Griffiths, David

Abstract

This article explores the ways in which the dominant tropes and spaces of Berlin are used affectively and imaginatively to create meaning for individual migrants as psycho-social agents with unique biographies. Depth interpretation, drawing upon psycho-social research methodology can enrich our understanding of the more nuanced, unconscious emotional uses of a city and its symbolic representations. Such insights, we argue, add to our understanding of the non-economic and symbolic aspects of middle class intra-European migration.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Jul 21, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 9, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Psycho-Social Studies
• Print ISSN: 1478-6737
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 30-53
• Keywords: Berlin, migration, psycho-social
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/948547
• Publisher URL: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/hls/research/jpss/volume612012.aspx
• Contract Date: Feb 9, 2016