TY - JOUR A1 - Bahl, Eva A1 - Berger, Yvonne T1 - Processes of South-South Migration in Their Historical Context: Biographical Case Studies from Brazil and China BT - Special Issue: Doing Global Sociology: Qualitative Methods and Biographical Becoming after the Postcolonial Critique JF - Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung N2 - This article examines interweaving collective histories in different formerly colonized regions of the world: 1. Migratory movements from the territory of the former Ottoman Empire to the Americas, specifically to Brazil, and 2. transregional migration between different regions within China. On the basis of empirical data, we discuss sociological biographical research as an approach to analyzing migration and social mobility as transgenerational processes. In the case of Syrians in Brazil who have fled from the civil war, these processes are reflected in transnational family structures, transgenerational mandates, and knowledge transmission. In the case of domestic migration within China, the “mission” that families give their children is social advancement through education (e.g., Crabb 2010; Fong 2004). In the context of anti-Western discourses in China, it can be demonstrated that postcolonial discourses are functional in the effort to regain former international strength and national prosperity, and that discourses on “becoming a modern citizen” pervade family aspirations. The article is intended as a plea for i) taking a closer look at historical and contemporary South-South relations, and ii) situating current migration movements historically. It ties into global historical and sociological debates on “shared/common histories” and “intertwined histories." KW - Biographical Research KW - China KW - Brazil KW - Syria KW - Postcolonial Studies KW - Migration KW - Generations KW - Comparison Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.48.2023.47 VL - 48 IS - 4 SP - 248 EP - 282 PB - GESIS -Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Yvonne A1 - Bahl, Eva ED - Berger, Yvonne ED - Bahl, Eva T1 - "Processes of South-South migration in their historical context: Case studies from Brazil and China”. Doing Global Sociology in Polarized Worlds: Methodological Approaches from Qualitative Social Research. 41st Congress of the German Sociological Association, Bielefeld, Germany KW - South-South Migration, Biography, Global Sociology, China, Brazil, Qualitative Research Y1 - 2022 ER -