Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Mobi lities Group
[Abstract]
Migration and mobility tend to be used interchang eably in migration studies. This tendency oversimplifies migrants' (im)mobi lity aspiration and capability\, taking for granted their agency and contro l of their own migration process. In mobility\, Massey (1994: 149) points o ut\, 'some people are more in charge of it than others\; some are more on t he receiving-end of it than others\; some are effectively imprisoned by it. ' Drawing on ethnographic research on Vietnamese migrants trading at Moscow markets\, this paper offers original insights into migrant immobilities\, highlighting the social technologies and social imaginaries that arise from their gendered\, raced\, and classed experiences of immobilisation. Migran ts' immobilities\, whether voluntary or involuntary\, have a profound impac t on their sense making of self and aspirations for the future. The study e nriches our understanding of the complex relationship between migration and mobility and the various ways in which it shapes social practice\, identit y and belonging.
[Bio]
Dr. Lan Anh Hoang is A ssociate Professor in Development Studies in the School of Social and Polit ical Sciences\, The University of Melbourne\, Australia. She is the author of ‘Vietnamese Migrants in Russia: Mobility in Times of Uncertainty’ (2020) and a co-editor of ‘Transnational Labour Migration\, Remittan ces\, and the Changing Family in Asia (2015) and ‘Money and Morali ties in Contemporary Asia’ (2019). Her research on migration\, gender\ , identity\, and networks has been published in many prestigious journals s uch as Gender and Society\, Gender\, Place and Culture\, Global Network s\, Population\, Space and Place\, Geoforum\, Ethnic and Racial Studies\, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Lan’s current pro ject examines brokerage and migrant networks in the Vietnam-Australia migra tion corridor.
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