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This chapter explains the procedural steps of Nexus Analysis, the methodological approach used for this study of intergenerational migration consequences, and its foundations in Mediated Discourse Studies. The chapter also presents the researcher’s positioning, considers ethical issues in relation to the study and introduces the participants.
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The natural processes that determine life stages from birth to death are entwined with sociocultural practices impacting these stages, for instance, in birthing practices or in the now common Western sociocultural practice of retirement homes for the elderly that more and more replaces families caring for their oldest. Another example for interlinked natural processes and sociocultural practices, which impacted on a number of participants in my study, is evident in the consequences of the February 2011 tectonic plate movements on the city of Christchurch and the people of Canterbury. That is, had the warnings of the 1888 Canterbury earthquake been heeded and had buildings consequently been constructed in more earthquake-resistant ways and not on reclaimed swamp, the social impact of the 2011 earthquake would have been different.
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In the German and Austrian regions that participants originated from dialects are not considered less prestigious than standard German.
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Wohlfart, I.K. (2017). Methodology. In: Intergenerational Consequences of Lifestyle Migration. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3260-8_2
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