Special Issue of Hospitality & Society on ‘(In)Hospitality and Belonging in Uncertain Times’

Edited by Lincoln colleagues Dr Agnieszka Rydzik (LIBS) and Dr Nicola Chanamuto (LALT) along with Prof. Donna Champbers (Northumbria), the new double Special Issue of Hospitality & Society is now out: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/hosp/15/1-2.

Focused on the theme of ‘Migration, (In)Hospitality and Belonging in Uncertain Times’, this Special Issue arose from a conference organised in the Lincoln International Business School in September 2022 by the ‘Migration, Inter-Connectivity and Regional Development’ (MICaRD) international research network, funded by the ‘Regional Studies Association’ (RSA), and led by Dr Agnieszka Rydzik.

Between 2015 and 2023, the RSA MICaRD network organised multiple research events, including in Serbia, Italy, Greece, Poland and UK. The 2022 conference brought together over 50 researchers with a shared interest in exploring contemporary issues in migration and mobilities, making links across disciplinary, geographical and cultural boundaries. A salient theme was the multidimensional nature of belonging, and how belonging is shaped, experienced and framed.

The SI features a number of CoASSH colleagues, including Dr. Mahdieh Zeinali, Dr Connie Mak, Dr Samira Zare and Prof. Christian Karner:

1. Editorial: ‘Conceptualizing the intersections between migration, (in)hospitality and belonging in uncertain times’ [open access] by Dr Nicola Chanamuto, Prof. Donna Chambers and Dr Agnieszka Rydzik, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00094_2

2. ‘Exploring hospitality, hostility and (un)home in hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in the United Kingdom’ by Olivia Petie, Prof. Jenny Phillimore and Dr Jennifer Allsopp, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00088_1

3. ‘Contested hospitality and welcome at the airport borders: The narratives of non-citizen residents’ by Dr Samira Zare and Dr Isabella Ye, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00091_1

4. ‘A conceptual framework for capturing anti-EU nationalism in post-Brexit Britain’ by Prof. Christian Karner, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00089_1

5. ‘Asylum seekers and refugees’ perspectives and experiences of what makes Glasgow welcoming’ by Dr Niroshan Ramachandran, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00090_1

6. ‘The role of Kurdish women’s activism in cultivating a sense of belonging in the diaspora’ by Berrin Altin, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00087_1

7. ‘The role of pre-migratory aspirations–capabilities in shaping post-migratory agentic socialization and the pursuit of belonging: A comparative study of mainlander and Taiwanese Chinese migrants in Hong Kong’ by Dr Connie Mak and Dr Bill Xu, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00093_1

8. ‘Carving spaces of hospitality: Place attachment among migrant and non-migrant residents in a rural town undergoing rapid demographic change’ by Dr Agnieszka Rydzik and Liz Price, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00084_1

9. ‘Navigating hostility, pursuing hospitality: Conceptualizing community engagement among migrant women entrepreneurs in peripheral areas’ by Dr Mahdieh Zeinali, Dr Agnieszka Rydzik and Prof. Gary Bosworth, https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00092_1

Story submitted by Agnieszka Rydzik
arydzik@lincoln.ac.uk