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Introduction: Migrant Worlds, Material Cultures

Basu, Paul; Coleman, Simon

Authors

Paul Basu

Simon Coleman



Abstract

While much scholarly work exists on both migration and material culture, there is remarkably little literature explicitly concerned with how these areas of study converge. In this introduction we suggest a number of points of departure for the exploration of the relationships between ’migrant worlds‚ and ’material cultures‚ and we link these points with the contributions to this Special Issue. We hope thereby to shift the theoretical framing of migrancy into some areas of concern that have been of long-standing importance within anthropology (the gift, temporality, translation), but have not necessarily been those raised most frequently in relation to migration studies.

Citation

Basu, P., & Coleman, S. (2008). Introduction: Migrant Worlds, Material Cultures. Mobilities, 3(3), 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100802376753

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Deposit Date Dec 11, 2015
Journal Mobilities
Print ISSN 1745-0101
Electronic ISSN 1745-011X
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Issue 3
Pages 313-330
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100802376753