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Remaking Life in Transnational Urban Space: Zimbabwean Migrant Teachers in Manzini, Swaziland

Migracijske i etničke teme, 2014-01, Vol.30 (2), p.155-170 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1333-2546 ;EISSN: 1848-9184 ;DOI: 10.11567/met.30.2.2

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  • Title:
    Remaking Life in Transnational Urban Space: Zimbabwean Migrant Teachers in Manzini, Swaziland
  • Author: Tevera, Daniel
  • Subjects: Developing Countries ; Diaspora ; exclusion ; Fieldwork ; inclusion ; Internet ; Migrant workers ; Migrants ; Payments ; remaking xenophobia ; Remittances ; Social Sciences ; Swaziland ; Teachers ; Transnationalism ; Urbanism ; virtual presence ; Xenophobia ; Zimbabwe
  • Is Part Of: Migracijske i etničke teme, 2014-01, Vol.30 (2), p.155-170
  • Description: Recent academic debate on the transnationalised lives of skilled migrants from developing countries tends to provide universalizing explanations that often fail to address the underlying socio-economic contexts. This paper aims to contribute to the debate by exploring how skilled migrants in South-South diasporic situations remake their livelihood strategies and expectations as they operate in transnational spaces. The paper is based on field research involving in-depth interviews with Zimbabwean migrant teachers living in Manzini, the commercial hub of Swaziland. The study provides insights into the complicated and transnationalised adjustment strategies pursued by migrants as they grapple with challenges around inclusion and exclusion in the host country and the maintenance of a “virtual presence” in Zimbabwe, their home country through the internet, Skype, mobile phones and remittance flows.
  • Publisher: Institut za migracije i narodnosti
  • Language: English;Croatian
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1333-2546
    EISSN: 1848-9184
    DOI: 10.11567/met.30.2.2
  • Source: CEEOL: Open Access
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