Essays about: "transnational migration"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 72 essays containing the words transnational migration.

  1. 16. "If I do not provide for my family, who else will?" : A qualitative study on motives behind remittances and the impact it has on Iraqi and Somali migrants in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hodan Abdi; Meysa Ati; [2021]
    Keywords : Remittances; Transnationalism; Motives; and Swedish Migrants;

    Abstract : According to the World Bank’s (2019) latest Migration and Development Brief, remittances to low and middle-income countries reached a record high in 2018. This study examines Swedish migrants’ motives behind remittances and their experience with the social and economic impact of sending remittances. READ MORE

  3. 17. "A mother never stops waiting" : Exploring Motherhood as an Identity Marker in Social Movements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Miriam Steinbach; Victoria Särnhult; [2021]
    Keywords : communication for development; feminism; gender equality; Latin America; migration; motherhood; private and public spheres; social movements;

    Abstract : The movement Caravana de Madres de Migrantes Desaparecidos; a transnational social movement uniting Central American mothers from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua whose children have disappeared in Mexico while migrating to the US, is part of a Latin American tradition where a mother-centered kinship system is at the center. The movement has managed to reunite more than 300 families. READ MORE

  4. 18. Celestial Citizenship: African women in two Evangelical Churches of Bologna

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Silvia Tami; [2021]
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    Abstract : This thesis builds on participant observation and semi-structured interviews with six Evangelical African women in the Italian city of Bologna. The objective of my thesis is to identify possible transformations of the religious identities of African women through the analysis of their post-migration narratives. READ MORE

  5. 19. Collective weaving of territories: Exploring diasporic identities with Latin American migrants

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Yénika Castillo Muñoz; [2020]
    Keywords : interaction design; design for decoloniality; decolonial design; Decolonising design; speculative design; chicano feminism; transnational feminism; migration; diasporic identitites; Latin America; codesign;

    Abstract : Den här interaktionsdesign uppsatsen bidrar till en omgående diskussion på Avkoloniserande design. Särskild genom att utforska identiteter i diaspora med latinamerikanska migranter. READ MORE

  6. 20. Together or Apart - Populist Perceptions on an Institutionalized EU Migration Approach

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ida De Miranda; [2020]
    Keywords : European Union; Populism; Migration; EU; Discourse; Integration;

    Abstract : The following paper aims to answer the question, how do national populist movements perceive an institutionalized approach to migration on an EU level? Maintaining International Relations relevancy, the puzzle at heart is eminent with its acknowledgement of national-populist parties in relation to EU collaboration, specifically in reference to the issue of migration. Thus, the paper establishes the central argument that populist discourse establishes the EU as a constituent of the elite, projecting a nationalist agenda on migration rather than cooperating and maintaining a collective identity through the institution. READ MORE