{"id":38631,"date":"2026-03-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=38631"},"modified":"2026-03-08T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:19:18","slug":"the-sensory-memory-of-the-researcher-retrospective-and-critical-reflections-on-the-role-of-the-senses-in-migration-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=38631","title":{"rendered":"The sensory memory of the researcher: retrospective and critical reflections on the role of the senses in migration research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author(s): Liliana Azevedo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01419870.2025.2562655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01419870.2025.2562655<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This article explores the researcher\u2019s sensory memory to offer new insights into multi-sited research conducted between Switzerland and Portugal. It analyses fieldwork diaries and visual data (photos and drawings) collected over four years (2018-2022). Providing a methodological and empirical contribution, the paper reaffirms the importance of the body and senses in the sociological study of (return) migration. Through critical retrospective reflection, I re-examine both the epistemology and the data of my doctoral research on the transition to retirement of long-term intra-European labour migrants. In this paper, I explain how I engaged with the body in my research, employing a multisensory approach to access the field and collect data. I also explore the experiences of displacement, emplacement, and re-emplacement, and highlight how sensory (dis)continuity emerges in both out-migration and return migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KEYWORDS<\/strong>: Sensory memory, ex-post reflexivity, drawing, body, return migration, transnational belonging<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author(s): Liliana Azevedo Source: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01419870.2025.2562655<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[306,7,120,142,9,100,736,139,327,348,46],"class_list":["post-38631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-migration-phenomenon","tag-306","tag-article","tag-data-analysis","tag-elderly","tag-english-language","tag-labour-migration","tag-narratives","tag-portugal","tag-research","tag-retirement","tag-return-migration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38632,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38631\/revisions\/38632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}