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9789058679062: The Global Horizon: Expectations of Migration in Africa and the Middle East
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ISBN 10 : 9058679063 ISBN 13 : 9789058679062
Editeur : Leuven University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Although contemporary migration in and from Africa can be understood as a continuation of earlier forms of interregional and international migration, current processes of migration seem to have taken on a new quality. This volume argues that one of the main reasons for this is the fact that local worlds are increasingly measured against a set of possibilities whose referents are global, not local. Due to this globalization of the personal and societal horizons of possibilities in Africa and elsewhere, in many contexts migration gains an almost inevitable attraction while, at the same time, actual migration becomes increasingly restricted. Based on detailed ethnographic accounts, the contributors to this volume focus on the imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Decentring the focus of much of migration studies on the ‘receiving societies', the volume foregrounds the subjective aspect of migration and explores the impact which the imagination and practice of migration have on the sociocultural conditions of the various local settings concerned.

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À propos de l'auteur

Knut Graw is lecturer at the University of Leuven and associated researcher at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. His current research focuses on ritual praxis and migration in Senegal, Gambia, and Spain. Samuli Schielke is a research fellow at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. His research focuses on morality, religiosity, and aspiration in Egypt.

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Imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Although contemporary migration in and from Africa can be understood as a continuation of earlier forms of interregional and international migration, current processes of migration seem to have taken on a new quality. This volume argues that one of the main reasons for this is the fact that local worlds are increasingly measured against a set of possibilities whose referents are global, not local. Due to this globalization of the personal and societal horizons of possibilities in Africa and elsewhere, in many contexts migration gains an almost inevitable attraction while, at the same time, actual migration becomes increasingly restricted. Based on detailed ethnographic accounts, the contributors to this volume focus on the imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Decentring the focus of much of migration studies on the ‘receiving societies', the volume foregrounds the subjective aspect of migration and explores the impact which the imagination and practice of migration have on the sociocultural conditions of the various local settings concerned.

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Éditeur
Leuven University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9058679063
ISBN 13 
9789058679062
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Éditeur
Graw Knut, Schielke Samuli
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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