Essays about: "connected migrant"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words connected migrant.

1. 11. "I am not just a domestic worker" : A phenomenological study of organized Nicaraguan domestic workers in Costa Rica

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

   Author : Lina Karlsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Domestic work; Intersectionality; Migration; Costa Rica; Organization; Phenomenology; Agency; Nicaragua; Embodiment; Resistance;

   Abstract : In this study, I use semi-structured interviews in an intersectional and phenomenological theoretical framework, elaborating on analytical concepts such as belonging and translocational positionality, to investigate the lived experiences of Nicaraguan migrant domestic workers in Costa Rica who are organized in the association Astradomes. I explore if and how their experiences are connected to intersections mainly between nationality, class and gender, and examine in which spaces and contexts agency and resistance can be located. READ MORE

3. 12. 'Securitized' Solidarity? Explaining Member States’ Motivations for Participation and Patterns of Participation in Joint Operations at the External EU Borders

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Adriana Rodica Ilisescu; [2015]
   Keywords : patterns of participation; motivation for participation; external EU borders; joint operations; collective action; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Joint Operations at the external borders of the EU are axiomatic for EU’s border management policy and constitute forms of collective action involving the efforts of two or more Member States for the purpose of securing the common borders. Nevertheless, participation in joint operations is based on voluntarism and guided by the principle of solidarity, which should act as catalysts encouraging MSs’ participation in Joint Operations. READ MORE

4. 13. Lateralization in a partial migrating roach population

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Mattias Engman; [2013]
   Keywords : lateralization; fish; Rutilus rutilus; partial migration; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Lateralization is the functional specialization to use one brain hemisphere to carry out certain cognitive tasks. Lateralization is widespread across numerous taxa and gives the organism the possibility to increase neural capacity without increasing brain size. READ MORE

5. 14. 'DO UT DES' - An anthropological study on the agendas of 'anti'-trafficking measures in Italy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Isabelle Johansson; [2012]
   Keywords : social anthropology; Article 18; Italy; trafficking; victims of trafficking; irregular migration; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Trafficking in human beings is a topic that has received a lot of attention the last ten years. It has been referred to as a modern form of slavery and a crime against humanity. There is a flood of actors working to fight trafficking and save its victims, occupied with different forms of victim assistance. READ MORE