Gendered translocal connectedness: Rural–urban migration, remittances, and social resilience in Thailand

Autor(en)
Luise Porst, Patrick Sakdapolrak
Abstrakt

Remittances play a central role in debates on migration and development as well as migration as adaptation to climate change. We seek to contribute to the growing body of literature that addresses the role of gender relations for remittance sending and usage. Based on multisited qualitative research on rural–urban migration in Thailand, we apply the concept of translocal social resilience to expound the multilocal and intersectional dimension of remittances and their impact on social resilience. Building on typical constellations of remittance transfer and usage, the paper accentuates how gender, generational relations, and the household's socio-economic status shape remittance practices and their effects on social resilience across space. We can thus conclude that addressing intersecting socio-spatial levels and axes of difference enhances the understanding of remittance potentials for resilience, which also enriches research that frames migration as a means of adaptation.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Lehrer*innenbildung, Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Externe Organisation(en)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Journal
Population, Space and Place
Band
26
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
1544-8444
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2314
Publikationsdatum
05-2020
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507002 Bevölkerungsgeographie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Demography, Geography, Planning and Development
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/gendered-translocal-connectedness-ruralurban-migration-remittances-and-social-resilience-in-thailand(8785fd23-5b04-4bc7-8cc2-e679d7461dea).html