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International migration, urban space, and the marginalization of conviviality in architectural scholarship: A bibliometric mapping

Mimarlık yazınında dış göç, kentsel mekân ve birarada yaşamın (conviviality) marjinalleşmesi: Bibliyometrik haritalama

Adnan Aksu(GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-0369-3207
Pages
49–62
Publication Date
2026-06-29
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Overall, the results suggest that architectural scholarship tends to approach migration through problem-driven frames centred on physical transformation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study examines the thematic structure of architectural and urban research to identify current trends and gaps in scholarship at the intersection of immigration, the urban, and conviviality.
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Key Findings & Data:Focusing on 2010–2025, it maps a large corpus of Scopus-indexed publications to reveal dominant themes and conceptual clusters in a systematic and reproducible way.
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Conclusion & Impact:Overall, the results suggest that architectural scholarship tends to approach migration through problem-driven frames centred on physical transformation.
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📍Scope:2010–2025 Verileri
⚙️Variables:göç · mimarlık · kent

Abstract

This study examines the thematic structure of architectural and urban research to identify current trends and gaps in scholarship at the intersection of immigration, the urban, and conviviality. Focusing on 2010–2025, it maps a large corpus of Scopus-indexed publications to reveal dominant themes and conceptual clusters in a systematic and reproducible way. We employ science mapping, particularly co-word (keyword co-occurrence) analysis, to identify the concepts that organise migration-related work within architectural scholarship and to assess the position and level of representation of conviviality within this network. The findings show that migration research is primarily concentrated in the social sciences, while architecture is only marginally represented in this broader literature. When the dataset is restricted to an urban focus, studies cluster around gentrification, urban transformation, housing production, and spatial conflict. By contrast, conviviality appears only sporadically and is almost entirely absent, especially at the intersection of migration and public space. Overall, the results suggest that architectural scholarship tends to approach migration through problem-driven frames centred on physical transformation. We argue for integrating conviviality more robustly as a spatial and relational analytical tool in architecture and urban design, and we outline directions for future research.

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Bu çalışma, mimarlık alanında dış göç, kent ve birarada yaşam (conviviality) kavramları etrafında şekillenen akademik literatürün tematik yapısını inceleyerek bu alanın güncel yönelimlerini ve boşluklarını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, 2010–2025 yılları arasında geniş bir yayın evreninde literatürün yapısını, tematik yönelimlerini ve kavramsal kümelenmelerini sistematik ve tekrarlanabilir biçimde görünür kılmayı hedeflemektedir. Bibliyometrik yaklaşım (science mapping) ve özellikle eş-anahtar sözcük (co-word) analizi, göçün mimarlık literatüründe hangi kavramlar etrafında yoğunlaştığını ve “birarada yaşam (conviviality)”ın bu ağ içindeki konumunu ve temsil düzeyini nicel-kavramsal düzlemde ortaya koymaya elverişli olduğu için seçilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular, göç üzerine yapılan çalışmaların büyük ölçüde sosyal bilimlerde yoğunlaştığını, mimarlık disiplininin ise bu geniş literatür içerisinde sınırlı bir temsil düzeyine sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Kent odağıyla daraltılan analizlerde çalışmaların çoğunlukla soylulaştırma, kentsel dönüşüm, konut üretimi ve mekânsal çatışma süreçleri etrafında kümelendiği görülmüştür. Buna karşılık birarada yaşam (conviviality) kavramının mimarlık literatüründe son derece sınırlı biçimde ele alındığı ve özellikle göç ile kamusal mekân bağlamında neredeyse hiç temsil edilmediği tespit edilmiştir. Bu sonuçlar, mimarlık disiplininin göç olgusunu ağırlıklı olarak sorun odaklı ve fiziksel dönüşüm merkezli bir yaklaşımla ele aldığını ortaya koymaktadır. Çalışma, “birarada yaşam (conviviality)” kavramının mimarlık ve kentsel tasarımda mekânsal ve ilişkisel bir analitik araç olarak daha güçlü entegre edilmesi gerektiğini savunarak, gelecek araştırmalar için yeni yönelimler önermektedir.

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Yıldırım, T., Aksu, A., Selçuk, S. A. (2026). International migration, urban space, and the marginalization of conviviality in architectural scholarship: A bibliometric mapping. Bozok Journal of Engineering and Architecture, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 49–62. https://doi.org/10.70700/bjea.1899566

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