BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Centre for Migration Studies//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://migration.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Centre for Migration Studies - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220916T2229Z-1663367368.8386-EO-18246-42@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T125758Z CREATED:20220916T175344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221102T013146Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221107T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221107T134500 SUMMARY: Reconsidering the Origins of Assimilation Theories DESCRIPTION: Reconsidering the Origins of Assimilation Theories Aryan Karim i Assistant Professor\, UBC Department of Sociology Free & open to the publ ic. To register\, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: Classic\, segment ed-\, and neo-assimilation theories explain intergroup relations. They\, re spectively\, draw specific attention to ethnic pluralism\, to the possibili ty of downward mobility into the underclass\, and to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Assistant Professor\, UBC Department of Sociology
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Abstract: Classic\, segmented-\, and neo-assimilation theories explain intergroup relations. They\, respectively\, draw specific attention to ethnic pluralis m\, to the possibility of downward mobility into the underclass\, and to up ward mobility into the U.S. mainstream. These are disparate explanations an d have led migration studies to a theoretical impasse. These theories appea r to be unfalsifiable in that researchers cannot test and determine which t heory is inaccurate and replace it with the accurate one. To understand why this is occurring\, we use the Popperian scientific methods of hypothesizi ng as our toolkit. This method entails a step-by-step guide to deductive an d inductive processes of developing hypotheses. Deductive method deduces a hypothesis from theory to predict a new outcome. Inductive methods observe a pattern in empirical data and hypothesize about the predictors of the pa ttern. When genuine tests fail to falsify the hypotheses over time\, the hy potheses become provisional theories. We consider how assimilation theories were originally developed as a set of hypotheses and which method they use d. We find that classic theory emerged from deductive method\, segmented-as similation partly from inductive\, and neo-assimilation from a combination of both. We identify three ways that the latter two theories departed from the scientific methods\, thereby rendering them unfalsifiable.
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