Lost in Transnational Space? Migrant Farm Workers in Rural Districts

Joanna Andrzejewska and Johan Fredrik Rye

Mobilities, 2012, vol. 7, issue 2, 247-268

Abstract: In recent decades, theories of transnationalism have emerged as key perspectives for analysis of international migration. Drawing on Glorius and Friedrich’s (2006) model of transnationalism, the paper analyses the case of migrant farm labour in rural Norway and demonstrates how the social context of migrants’ work influences their building of various kinds of social-capital resources which are crucial for development of transnational space. The paper argues that circularity of migration is not sufficient to instigate full-fledged transculturation and hybrid identity-formation processes. In conclusion, the paper recommends that transnational theory should pay greater attention to the social contexts of migration and observe the limits of the theory’s application.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.654996

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