Mobilities
Volume 13, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 455-472

Between the village and the global city: the production and decay of translocal spaces of Thai migrant workers in Singapore (Article) (Open Access)

Peth S.A.* , Sterly H. , Sakdapolrak P.
  • a Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • b Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • c Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

Abstract

This paper explores the mobilities and structural moorings of Thai labour migrants in Singapore from a translocal perspective. We argue that combining the mobilities paradigm with the concept of translocality offers a fruitful avenue of investigation not only of the production of translocal spaces, but also of their temporality and mutability. Through a multi-sited research approach we shed light on the genesis as well as the decay of translocal connections. This paper shows that translocal structures are important moorings of migration, and raises the question of what happens to translocal spaces when migration flows dissolve. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Author Keywords

Southeast Asia social embeddedness transnational migration mobility paradigm translocality labour migration

Index Keywords

labor migration Singapore [Southeast Asia] village world city migrant worker
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045430615&doi=10.1080%2f17450101.2018.1449785&partnerID=40&md5=4b48099e175c6e7e5e6a4bbc22b6906b
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2018.1449785
ISSN: 17450101
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English