An ethics of care in migration research and intercultural education

Smith, Kate; Montero-Sieburth, Martha; Alhadi, Hana; Mas Giralt, Rosa; Turcatti, Domiziana; Lopez-Prieto, Claudia; El Ouatassi, Nabila

Abstract

This workshop shares our learnings as migration researchers, educators and practitioners who have collaborated with families, young people and children over several decades. We explore the ethical, epistemological, and methodological theory and practices of care that have emerged from and underpinned our research, which can be useful for intercultural education. As an intergenerational and interdisciplinary group, we take our commitment to ‘care’ seriously, which is informed by reflexivity, intersectionality, decolonization, and educator/practitioner knowledge which we view as a process that is purposeful, relational, contextual, and transformative over time. Of importance to intercultural educators, are the ways in which migration researchers and practitioners, in some cases migrants themselves, are shaped by the theory and practices of care and how the transformational potential of care centres reciprocal human relationships and reflexivity in teaching.

• Presentation Conference Type: Keynote
• Conference Name: International association for intercultural education 2025
• Start Date: Jun 11, 2025
• End Date: Jun 13, 2025
• Deposit Date: May 22, 2025
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed