Circular Migration and Localized Urbanization in Rural India

Iyer, Soundarya

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“…The critical common finding that emerges from both studies is that circular migration has enabled upward mobility for those at the lower rungs of the social and economic hierarchy in the village. These messages echo in more recent studies in western India that reveal that Dalits and Adivasi circular migrants take back with themselves not just skills in construction and savings, but also cultural icons of emancipation from the city to the village (Iyer 2017) and that seasonal labour migration has enhanced the ability of subaltern communities to assert themselves against landed farmers (Rai 2018).…”

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Circular Migration and Precarity: Perspectives from Rural Bihar

Datta

2020

Ind. J. Labour Econ.

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Circular Migration and Precarity: Perspectives from Rural Bihar

Datta

2020

Ind. J. Labour Econ.

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“…Kolar, in south Karnataka, is a prominent source of inter‐ and intra‐state migration owing to its position at the cusp of three south Indian states. Water scarce and largely drought prone, Gulbarga is one of the largest districts in north Karnataka, and has been a site of historical out‐migration (Iyer, ).…”

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Moving in and out of vulnerability: Interrogating migration as an adaptation strategy along a rural–urban continuum in India

Singh

Basu

2019

Geographical Journal

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Migration is a key livelihood strategy to diversify incomes, reduce risks associated with rainfed agriculture and the effects of climate change, and meet personal aspirations. Drawing on life history interviews with migrant and non‐migrant families, we explore the role of migration and commuting in addressing livelihood vulnerability along a rural–urban continuum in Karnataka, India. We find that labelling migration as an adaptation strategy or not does not necessarily capture the breadth of experiences and implications for livelihoods that migrants and their families face. At an intra‐household level, migration and commuting can alleviate vulnerability for some family members while exacerbating vulnerability of others. At a larger scale, migration that is adaptive at a household scale can be maladaptive at a system scale, where cities are unable to provide for or absorb migrants who often live in highly vulnerable conditions. Finally, on a temporal scale, migration and commuting affect livelihood trajectories and choices beyond the migrants alone, and understanding how these strategies affect household vulnerability over time is crucial for adaptation research. We also highlight the use of life histories as a methodological tool that complements current econometric approaches exploring migration and allows for in‐depth and temporally sensitive inquiry into the drivers and consequences of migration.

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“…They circulate between the city and the village, maintaining a foot in both places. Prior research has focused on various aspects of circular migration in Karnataka, from its role in urbanization of the village (Iyer, 2017) to possibilities for upward mobility for labouring migrants (Pattenden, 2012) or the impermanence of life in the city for circular migrants (Shivanand, 2020). The ways in which gender norms converge with employment to inhibit women workers' mobility (Bowers, 2019), or their gendered strategies of inclusion remain under explored.…”

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Inclusion or Exclusion?: Gendered Experiences and Strategies of Migrants in Informal Settlements in Bengaluru

Iyer,

Rao

2024

Indian Journal of Human Development

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Internal migration, nearly four times more than the migration across national boundaries, accounts for the largest human movements in the world. In context of agrarian distress, circular migration between the rural and the urban is a common livelihood trajectory of at least 100 million Indians. It is known that circular migrants face numerous economic and social challenges of survival in the city. This article focuses on gendered experiences and strategies adopted by migrants for inclusion in informal settlements in Bengaluru. Drawing on the concepts of social exclusion, inclusion and agency, we use household surveys ( n = 1,109) in 30 informal settlements in Bengaluru in 2016, semi-structured interviews ( n = 20) in one informal settlement, key informant interviews ( n = 5) and participant observation in events and meetings in the city to illustrate individual and collective strategies used by diverse groups and the ways in which these are gendered. We find that the length of stay in the settlement is a crucial determinant of social inclusion in the city.

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Circular Migration and Localized Urbanization in Rural India

Cited by 21 publications

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Circular Migration and Precarity: Perspectives from Rural Bihar

Circular Migration and Precarity: Perspectives from Rural Bihar

Moving in and out of vulnerability: Interrogating migration as an adaptation strategy along a rural–urban continuum in India

Inclusion or Exclusion?: Gendered Experiences and Strategies of Migrants in Informal Settlements in Bengaluru

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