In this article we investigate how migrants’ processes of social (dis-) embedding in local and transnational contexts unfold over time and illustrate their driving forces. Drawing on unique longitudinal, mixed-methods social network data of 77 transnational migrants in Barcelona, Spain, we were able to capture changes in social relationships at a micro-level. We found that migrant embedding is far from a linear process. In many regards, the observed network dynamics are similar to those the literature observed for non-migrants; for example, the more substantial changes were typically caused by life events. We also found that migrants’ opportunities to form new relationships with natives depended on their positions within their places of residence, which were structured by gender, race and class. These results call into question assumptions of individual agency in integration and assimilation debates. Furthermore, they call for a greater presence of temporality and life course scholarship in research into migrants’ networks.

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随着时间的推移，移民的社会嵌入过程如何展开？

在这篇文章中，我们调查了移民在当地和跨国环境中的社会（dis-）嵌入过程如何随着时间的推移而展开，并说明了他们的驱动力。利用西班牙巴塞罗那 77 名跨国移民的独特纵向、混合方法社交网络数据，我们能够在微观层面捕捉社会关系的变化。我们发现移民嵌入远非线性过程。在许多方面，观察到的网络动态与非移民文献中观察到的相似；例如，较大的变化通常是由生活事件引起的。我们还发现，移民与当地人建立新关系的机会取决于他们在居住地中的位置，这些位置由性别、种族和阶级构成。这些结果对整合和同化辩论中个别机构的假设提出了质疑。此外，他们呼吁在移民网络研究中更多地存在时间性和生命历程奖学金。