[Euromixproject.rch] New article : Intimacy as a competency - Families, Relationships and Societies journal

[Laura Odasso]

Dear all,

I happy to share with you a new article, just out on the journal *Families,
Relationships and Societies*.

Odasso, L. (2024). Intimacy as a competency: information-seeking practices
in (marriage) migration online support groups. *Families, Relationships and
Societies* (published online ahead of print 2024). Retrieved Apr 15, 2024,
from https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000021

Abstract

This article explores the use of online social networks for seeking and
sharing information about marriage migration. In Europe, since the 1990s,
this migration has faced heightened scrutiny. Laws and administrative
practices have added complexity to immigration procedures. Manifold
screening methods gauge the authenticity of relationships aligning with the
host nation’s concept of a suitable family for integration. In this
context, informal self-help groups emerged to offer support to those facing
burdensome formalities and local administrative intricacies. Based on
extensive qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the significance of
these support groups, drawing on the concept of intimacy as a shared
competency. Here, intimacy is conceived as an active relational skill that
counterbalances the limitations of migration policies. The analysis
transcends the division between online and offline modes of living,
shedding new light on intimacy and *extimité* – the sharing of one’s
intimate self with others for validation – in doing family

The paper is in early view for now, but it will be part of a special issue
“Families, Relationships and Technologies” edited by H. Churchill.

You can find the paper attached to this email.

I hope you will enjoy reading it.

Best wishes,

Laura Odasso
*Enseignante-chercheuse contractuelle, CY Cergy Paris Université, EMA*
*Research Associate at Collège de France, Chaire "Migrations et
Sociétés",  Paris.*

*French Institute on Migrations, ICM Fellow*
*Tel : +33 (0)6 47 37 19 27 / +39 3713905424*
https://lauraodasso.wordpress.com

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