Rethinking Transnationalism Through Hometown Transnationalism

Thomas Lacroix (1)

1 Migrinter [Poitiers] - Migrations internationales, espaces et sociétés [UMR 7301]

Transnational studies are a newcomer in the landscape of migration studies. They are now regarded as the third pillar of migration studies, next to the study of integration in the receiving countries and of migration and development in the sending countries. This strand of research addresses the various forms of practices and socialities that migrants maintain across national boarders. As a political geographer, I am primarily interested in the intersection between transnational practices, power relations and state policies. How can we characterise migrants’ transnational space-time compared to state territoriality? To what extent state policies shape or constrain the transnational engagements of migrants? Are the material (of people, goods and money) and immaterial (ideas, norms and symbols) flows induced by migrant transnationalism a chance or a challenge for state sovereignty?

Mots clés: Transantionalism; Hometown Associations

Domaines: Géographie

Thomas Lacroix. Rethinking Transnationalism Through Hometown Transnationalism. 2016. ⟨hal-01421470⟩