2021
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2421
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A shifting yet grounded transnational social field: Interplays of displacement and emplacement in African migrant trajectories across Central America

Abstract: In this article, we draw on the volatile complexity of African migrant trajectories in Central America to broaden the scope of transnational scholarship. These trajectories are characterised by mobilities as well as immobilities, taking shape in particular local contexts. By focusing on the interplays between displacement and emplacement that are part of these trajectories, we aim to increase our understanding of the extent to which migrants still ‘on the move’ experience both temporal embeddedness and cross‐b… Show more

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“… 31 Costa Rica has also been an important Central American hub of recently increased African and Asian transit migration across Latin America, directly from their home countries or from in-between destinations such as Brazil. 32 ) Migrants are known for their continuous movement through the border, taking part in temporary jobs on this side of the crossing. Moreover, there has never been a report, until now, of a L. ( V. ) guyanensis strain as the one characterised in this instance, whose clustering and sequence similarities indicate a classic genotype of L. ( V. ) guyanensis ( Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 31 Costa Rica has also been an important Central American hub of recently increased African and Asian transit migration across Latin America, directly from their home countries or from in-between destinations such as Brazil. 32 ) Migrants are known for their continuous movement through the border, taking part in temporary jobs on this side of the crossing. Moreover, there has never been a report, until now, of a L. ( V. ) guyanensis strain as the one characterised in this instance, whose clustering and sequence similarities indicate a classic genotype of L. ( V. ) guyanensis ( Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The presence and visibility of African and Caribbean travelers in Central America has recently increased. Their north-bound journeys are often illegalized, rerouted, and halted for indefinite periods of time (Drotbohm and Winters 2021). For migrants like Stella, part of their journey consists of crossing the Darién jungle between Colombia and Panama, following the paths of predecessors such as Colombian refugees (Girot 2002) in extremely dangerous and exhausting conditions.…”
Section: Redefining the Fieldmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite an accumulation of literature on ethnic, immigrant, and transnational entrepreneurship, significant gaps of knowledge still exist. First, most of these studies are based on the experiences of North American and European cities that host large numbers of immigrants from less-developed countries (Drotbohm & Winters, 2021;Hujo & Piper, 2010). In these cities, entrepreneurship is often regarded as a springboard for socio-economic upward mobility or a way to coping with discrimination and marginalisation in the open wage labour markets.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The study is a direct response to the call for a geographic shift in migration studies that have largely been based on migration from the Global South to the North (Drotbohm & Winters, 2021). Central to our analysis is how Arab merchants act as migration sponsors, recruiters, entrepreneurs, and community leaders to maintain their economic communities while engaging with the hierarchies that simultaneously across multiple geographic and political boundaries.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%