ABSTRACT

Integration is a co-constructive process that involves the erection of structures, relationship building, and circulation of communal discourses. Utilizing observation and interviews, I critically examine the everyday discursive construction of integration in Antwerp, Belgium, which has one of the largest immigrant populations in Europe. Antwerp has established systems of integration lauded by many as a model for other nations to follow. Yet, integration is subsequently constructed as a form of agentic payment owed by immigrants prior to being socially accepted, central to three integration dictums (Learn the Language, Get a Job, and Adapt Culturally) I deconstruct in this paper.

摘要

整合是一个共建过程，涉及结构的建立，关系的建立和公共话语的传播。通过观察和访谈，我对比利时安特卫普的日常话语融合建设进行了批判性研究，比利时安特卫普拥有欧洲最大的移民人口之一。安特卫普已经建立了许多人称赞的一体化体系，成为其他国家效仿的榜样。然而，融合后来被构造为移民在社会接受之前所欠的代理付款形式，这是本文所解构的三个融合原则（学习语言，获得工作和适应文化）的核心。