Message posted on 12/11/2019
CfP: Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurship: Exploring Diverse Spatial Mobilities and Connections Across the Globe
Dear colleagues, here is a call for papers for the next IMISCOE annual conf=
erence in Luxembourg on 29th June - 2nd July 2020:
Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurship: Exploring Diverse Spatial Mobilitie=
s and Connections Across the Globe
Organizers: Yvonne Ria=F1o (University of Neuchatel), Laure Sandoz (Univers=
ity of Neuchatel), Natasha Webster (Stockholm University)
Contemporary social and technological transformations have greatly intensif=
ied the cross-border movement of people, ideas, objects and capital, thus c=
reating new opportunities for global interconnectedness. Such profound chan=
ges generate new pathways for migrants to organize and perform their entrep=
reneurial activities across transnational spaces (cf Portes et al 2002). In=
this panel we interrogate the pertinence of long-established paradigms in =
migration studies to capture the complexity of spatial movements and global=
connections created by contemporary transnational migrant entrepreneurs. W=
hile recognising the great potential of the 'mobilities paradigm' (Urry 200=
0, Cresswell 2011) to tackle this question, we also acknowledge some remain=
ing challenges. First, there is an unexplored potential to uncover the dive=
rsity of spatial mobilities and transnational connections created by migran=
t entrepreneurs beyond the spatial binary 'country of origin and country of=
destination'. The multiplicity of connections with different locales acros=
s the globe and the ways and forms of connection are still poorly understoo=
d. Second, we have insufficient understanding of how social inequalities ar=
e entangled with different capacities of spatial mobility among migrant ent=
repreneurs, thus addressing the question of how and why some individuals be=
come transnational entrepreneurs, whereas others do not. Third, the potenti=
al of the 'intersectional' perspective, which examines how gender, class, e=
thnicity, nationality, age, and migration experience shape the different ca=
pacities of spatial mobility of migrant entrepreneurs, has not been suffici=
ently addressed. This panel aims at gaining a deeper understanding of conte=
mporary transnational migrant entrepreneurship. In order to do so, we welco=
me contributions that focus on one or several of the following topics:
* The multiple spatialities of migrants' entrepreneurial practices acro=
ss local, regional and transnational geographies
* The different kinds of mobilities embedded in migrant entrepreneurshi=
p including the mobility of objects, bodies, capital and ideas across local=
, regional, and transnational spaces
* The question of how social inequalities are entangled with different =
capacities of spatial mobility among migrant entrepreneurs
* The social implications of different capacities of spatial mobility
* The role of migration and mobility policies in shaping the capacity o=
f migrants to transform their transnational experiences of mobility into a =
resource for business
* The nexus between spatial mobility and social mobility
* The ways in which the transnational spatial practices of migrant entr=
epreneurs are gendered, and connected to class, ethnicity, nationality, age=
, and migration experience
* New methodological approaches for exploring cross-border spatial mobi=
lities in entrepreneurship research
Submissions
We welcome abstracts of no more than 250 words including a title, your name=
, email, and institutional affiliation by 24 November 2019 at the latest. A=
ll files must be submitted in Word format to Yvonne Ria=F1o (yvonne.riano@u=
nine.ch), Laure Sandoz (laure.sandoz@unine.ch) and Natasha Webster (Natasha=
.webster@humangeo.su.se). We will inform all authors on whether their abstr=
act is accepted for presentation before 1 December 2018. A definitive answe=
r of acceptance of the panel by IMISCOE is expected by 1 February 2019.
Dr. Laure Sandoz
Universit=E9 de Neuch=E2tel
Institut de g=E9ographie
nccr - on the move
Profil : https://www.unine.ch/geographie/home/collaborateurs/laure-sandoz.h=
tml
Publications : https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=3DKk7uTj4AAAAJ&hl=
=3Den
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/laure-sandoz/
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erence in Luxembourg on 29th June - 2nd July 2020:
Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurship: Exploring Diverse Spatial Mobilitie=
s and Connections Across the Globe
Organizers: Yvonne Ria=F1o (University of Neuchatel), Laure Sandoz (Univers=
ity of Neuchatel), Natasha Webster (Stockholm University)
Contemporary social and technological transformations have greatly intensif=
ied the cross-border movement of people, ideas, objects and capital, thus c=
reating new opportunities for global interconnectedness. Such profound chan=
ges generate new pathways for migrants to organize and perform their entrep=
reneurial activities across transnational spaces (cf Portes et al 2002). In=
this panel we interrogate the pertinence of long-established paradigms in =
migration studies to capture the complexity of spatial movements and global=
connections created by contemporary transnational migrant entrepreneurs. W=
hile recognising the great potential of the 'mobilities paradigm' (Urry 200=
0, Cresswell 2011) to tackle this question, we also acknowledge some remain=
ing challenges. First, there is an unexplored potential to uncover the dive=
rsity of spatial mobilities and transnational connections created by migran=
t entrepreneurs beyond the spatial binary 'country of origin and country of=
destination'. The multiplicity of connections with different locales acros=
s the globe and the ways and forms of connection are still poorly understoo=
d. Second, we have insufficient understanding of how social inequalities ar=
e entangled with different capacities of spatial mobility among migrant ent=
repreneurs, thus addressing the question of how and why some individuals be=
come transnational entrepreneurs, whereas others do not. Third, the potenti=
al of the 'intersectional' perspective, which examines how gender, class, e=
thnicity, nationality, age, and migration experience shape the different ca=
pacities of spatial mobility of migrant entrepreneurs, has not been suffici=
ently addressed. This panel aims at gaining a deeper understanding of conte=
mporary transnational migrant entrepreneurship. In order to do so, we welco=
me contributions that focus on one or several of the following topics:
* The multiple spatialities of migrants' entrepreneurial practices acro=
ss local, regional and transnational geographies
* The different kinds of mobilities embedded in migrant entrepreneurshi=
p including the mobility of objects, bodies, capital and ideas across local=
, regional, and transnational spaces
* The question of how social inequalities are entangled with different =
capacities of spatial mobility among migrant entrepreneurs
* The social implications of different capacities of spatial mobility
* The role of migration and mobility policies in shaping the capacity o=
f migrants to transform their transnational experiences of mobility into a =
resource for business
* The nexus between spatial mobility and social mobility
* The ways in which the transnational spatial practices of migrant entr=
epreneurs are gendered, and connected to class, ethnicity, nationality, age=
, and migration experience
* New methodological approaches for exploring cross-border spatial mobi=
lities in entrepreneurship research
Submissions
We welcome abstracts of no more than 250 words including a title, your name=
, email, and institutional affiliation by 24 November 2019 at the latest. A=
ll files must be submitted in Word format to Yvonne Ria=F1o (yvonne.riano@u=
nine.ch), Laure Sandoz (laure.sandoz@unine.ch) and Natasha Webster (Natasha=
.webster@humangeo.su.se). We will inform all authors on whether their abstr=
act is accepted for presentation before 1 December 2018. A definitive answe=
r of acceptance of the panel by IMISCOE is expected by 1 February 2019.
Dr. Laure Sandoz
Universit=E9 de Neuch=E2tel
Institut de g=E9ographie
nccr - on the move
Profil : https://www.unine.ch/geographie/home/collaborateurs/laure-sandoz.h=
tml
Publications : https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=3DKk7uTj4AAAAJ&hl=
=3Den
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/laure-sandoz/
