Migration, Translocal Networks and Socio-Economic Stratification in Namibia

Greiner, Clemens

doi:10.1017/s0001972011000477

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“…Similarly, as Brickell (2011) argues, important work from transnational scholarship theorising migrant conceptions of home can be usefully transposed into the experience of rural-urban migrants. Moreover, there is now a considerable body of work that deploys these kinds of concepts in respect to internal migration, particularly in Asia (Brickell, 2011;Oakes & Schein, 2006;Tan & Yeoh, 2011); South America (Steel, Winters, & Sosa, 2011;Vélez-Torres & Agergaard, 2014); and Africa (Greiner, 2011;Steinbrink, 2009).…”

Section: Translocalism and Indigenous Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It doesn't make me any lessAboriginal”: The complex politics of translocal place‐making forIndigenous tertiary student migrants

Harris

Quicke

2018

Population Space and Place

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Indigenous migratory practices have never been comfortably explained using deterministic theories of migration. In this paper, we argue that translocalism offers new hopeful possibilities for building more robust and nuanced understandings of Indigenous migration and for extending theorisations of translocality in postcolonial settler‐states. Drawing on empirical evidence from a small‐scale exploratory study of Indigenous adults who migrated from rural/remote Australia, to Perth, Western Australia, to study at a university, we suggest that a particular politics of place‐making characterises Indigenous translocal subjectivities in settler states. These politics are evidenced by the ways in which the very act of movement from rural/remote areas to large cities for education can draw the authenticity of Indigenous identities into contestation. It also speaks to the resultant importance of translocal networks and places that provide relational spaces to share experiences of, and respond to, these contestations. The participants in this study made use of Indigenous student centres at their universities to develop a sense of place, build translocal networks, nurture their cultural identities, and contest settler assumptions that situate “authentic” Indigenous identities in a remote wilderness past.

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Section: Translocalism and Indigenous Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It doesn't make me any lessAboriginal”: The complex politics of translocal place‐making forIndigenous tertiary student migrants

Harris

Quicke

2018

Population Space and Place

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“…In emphasising the socially constituted nature of place, this perspective also draws attention to social differentiation and relations of power within localities. As I and others have argued elsewhere, comprehending power dynamics within localities is critical as they are central in shaping the nature and outcomes of translocal connections (Greiner 2011;Lampert 2012;Mercer et al 2008). …”

Section: Towards a Translocal Perspective On Migration Diaspora And mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, a translocal perspective foregrounds the local, reasserting the role of local actors in co-constituting place in interaction with extra-local actors based within and beyond the wider territory of the nation-state (Brickell and Datta 2011;Greiner 2011;Page 2011;Smith 2001Smith , 2005. In emphasising the socially constituted nature of place, this perspective also draws attention to social differentiation and relations of power within localities.…”

Section: Towards a Translocal Perspective On Migration Diaspora And mentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Transnational Power and its Limits: London-Based Nigerian Organisations, Development at ‘Home’ and the Importance of Local Agency and the ‘Internal Diaspora’

Lampert¹

2013

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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In the recent wave of enthusiasm about the development role of migration, international diaspora organisations have been posited as powerful actors in the progress of their communities of origin. Drawing on research on Nigerian diaspora organisations in London and their places of intervention in Nigeria, this article seeks to subject such claims to greater empirical scrutiny. To understand the relative importance of these organisations in the development of their 'home' communities, their collective transnational interventions are set in the context of contributions made by local actors and internal migrants within Nigeria. It is found that the international diaspora organisations engaged in this study make a limited, almost marginal contribution to local development at 'home', and that local actors and internal migrants are much more important drivers of community progress. It is therefore argued that 'home'-based actors and internal migrants should be given greater recognition in the conceptualisation of how and to what extent migration contributes to local development. To this end, a translocal perspective is advanced that incorporates local, internal and international actors in more effectively comprehending the development role of migration in all its forms.

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“…Today, some of the largest herds are owned by absent farmers. These part-time pastoralists live in urban centres and own businesses or are employed by the government (Greiner 2011;Pauli 2011;Schnegg et al 2013).…”

Section: Ethnographic Contextmentioning

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Travelling models of participation: Global ideas and local translations of water management in Namibia

Schnegg

Linke

2016

Int J Commons

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Abstract:In recent decades, water management in Namibia has profoundly changed. Beginning in the 1990s the Namibian state has incrementally turned ownership of and the responsibility for its rural water supply to local user groups. While the state withdrew from managing resources directly, it continued to circumscribe the ways in which local communities should govern them. In so doing, a "new commons" was created. Inclusive participation became the leitmotif of the new management scheme and in particular the participation of women was a major political and societal goal. In this article, we use the notion of travelling models as a theoretical guide to explore how the idea of participation emerged in international development discourses and how it was then translated through national legislation into the local context. The results of the analysis show that more than 20 years after the formulation of international conventions the average participation of women in local water committees remains low. However, older women do manage the funds associated with water and thus occupy one of the most important functions. Our explanation takes the wider social and cultural field into account and shows that gender and generational roles provide elder women with autonomy and authority which prepare their ways into these new official roles. We conclude by considering whether and how the travelling model of participation has been changing local social structures in general and the role of elder women in particular.

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Migration, Translocal Networks and Socio-Economic Stratification in Namibia

Cited by 50 publications

References 47 publications

“It doesn't make me any lessAboriginal”: The complex politics of translocal place‐making forIndigenous tertiary student migrants

“It doesn't make me any lessAboriginal”: The complex politics of translocal place‐making forIndigenous tertiary student migrants

Collective Transnational Power and its Limits: London-Based Nigerian Organisations, Development at ‘Home’ and the Importance of Local Agency and the ‘Internal Diaspora’

Travelling models of participation: Global ideas and local translations of water management in Namibia

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