Becoming Through Story: The Relational Processes of Writing and Creating the StOries Project

Abstract

AbstractThis final chapter is not a typical recapitulation of the stories and ideas presented in this anthology. Rather it is a storied approach to reflecting on the relational processes of the StOries project, in order to contemplate what we have learned and to propose where we might go from here. I interweave my own reflections (and diffractions) of the challenges faced in writing this discussion of ‘fieldnotes’ that a number of authors submitted to describe their own writing processes. I also showcase examples of methods used in the project to illustrate how we generated meaningful introductions and discussions about identity, intersectionality, home, and belonging (among other things). Ideally the chapter will be read not as a conclusion, but as an opening to new ways of viewing ourselves and each other in the context of migration research. It also aims to promote the Indigenization of migration scholarship and the institutions that teach and create this scholarship, and to encourage discussions and changes in how we view people who migrate.