Ourselves in Her Shoes: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Gendered Transnational Experiences of Women from India
Location
DeSantis Room 1053
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
17-1-2020 3:30 PM
End Date
17-1-2020 3:50 PM
Abstract
Contemporary transnational studies explore cross-border migration, including those classified as highly-qualified. Phenomena surrounding highly-qualified migrants’ evolving transnational identities, ‘un-bound’ to singular nation-states, redefine traditional understandings regarding retaining their talents, while encouraging their socio-economic contributions. No stranger to brain drain, India as an emerging economic giant is aspiring to retain the much-needed socio-economic contributions of highly-qualified Asian Indian (HQ-AI) nationals, as well as attracting diaspora members.
The latest research calls are to explore the less-understood, gendered dimensions of HQ-AI brain drain and transnationalism. The presenters will share their award-winning research which addressed this gendered dimension. They conducted a hermeneutic phenomenological study which explored the experiences of women in India’s highly-qualified diaspora- particularly through the voices of HQ-AI migrant women in Germany. The findings resulted from an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
The presentation will outline the emergence of IPA, and its expansion across various disciplines. The presenters will share their study’s findings, a plan for a follow-up study, and practical lessons learned that may be useful in teaching and learning IPA at the graduate level.
Keywords
Qualitative Research, Hermeneutic Phenomenology, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Gender, Transnationalism, India, Brain Drain
Ourselves in Her Shoes: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Gendered Transnational Experiences of Women from India
DeSantis Room 1053
Contemporary transnational studies explore cross-border migration, including those classified as highly-qualified. Phenomena surrounding highly-qualified migrants’ evolving transnational identities, ‘un-bound’ to singular nation-states, redefine traditional understandings regarding retaining their talents, while encouraging their socio-economic contributions. No stranger to brain drain, India as an emerging economic giant is aspiring to retain the much-needed socio-economic contributions of highly-qualified Asian Indian (HQ-AI) nationals, as well as attracting diaspora members.
The latest research calls are to explore the less-understood, gendered dimensions of HQ-AI brain drain and transnationalism. The presenters will share their award-winning research which addressed this gendered dimension. They conducted a hermeneutic phenomenological study which explored the experiences of women in India’s highly-qualified diaspora- particularly through the voices of HQ-AI migrant women in Germany. The findings resulted from an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
The presentation will outline the emergence of IPA, and its expansion across various disciplines. The presenters will share their study’s findings, a plan for a follow-up study, and practical lessons learned that may be useful in teaching and learning IPA at the graduate level.
Comments
This abstract is a paper presentation based on a dissertation study.