Transnational Dynamics: The Social Activism of Korean Immigrants and Their Descendants in GermanyDr. Jaok Kwon und and Sang-hui Nam

ASIEN – Nr. 168/169 (2023) pp. 7–23

Basch, Schiller, and Szanton-Blanc coined the term “transnationalism,” defining it as “the process by which immigrants forge and sustain multi-stranded social relations that link together their societies of origin and settlement” (1994, 6). Recent scholarly perspectives view transnational migration as occurring within dynamic social contexts continually reshaped by those who are simultaneously rooted in more than one society. The spaces they occupy are intricate and diverse, encompassing not only the home and host countries but also various other global locations (Levitt and Jaworsky 2007). In this context, studies on transnationalism emphasize how migrants’ life experiences create connections between their homeland and the host country — while extending even further afield potentially…