The concept of postmigration recognizes the significant role of migration within society and aims to challenge the ideas of otherness and the resulting inequalities. It is used in academic, artistic, and political contexts to describe a variety of conditions, practices, and perspectives. This keynote talk focuses on postmigration as an analytical perspective, highlighting the need for empirical research to refine it. The talk will discuss the findings of the interdisciplinary team in the project “Academia and cultural production as postmigrant fields in Sweden" (2021-24, https://postmigrantfields8.wordpress.com) on the tensions, contestations, and alliances in academia. The research aimed to understand how migration status, both actual and ascribed, affected the professional recognition of professors and tenured researchers who migrated to Sweden as adults, as well as those who were born in the country to two migrant parents. The study shifted the focus from migration to relationships, and we therefore interviewed persons identified as allies - established insiders, most of them born to Swedish parents, whose support was crucial for the primary interviewees’ professional establishment. The talk will discuss the broader implications of postmigration as an analytical perspective, including questions about the use of categories and selection of participants, the scope of qualitative approaches, and the epistemological challenges of making claims about society at large.