Contemporary Global Capitalism and the Challenge of the Filipino Diaspora

Juan, E. San

doi:10.1080/13600826.2010.522983

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“…It is obvious that this global regime shapes South‐to‐North migration patterns, and as such, postcolonial approaches to analysing labour migration are well established. For example, San Juan (2011) and Eder (2016) describe how low‐income countries such as the Philippines become reservoirs of cheap labour and Western countries its clients, reproducing colonial asymmetrical relationships. Less well developed in the literature however is the notion that, firstly, migrations within the Global South and, secondly, migration for educational purposes, entrenched within the same global system, can be viewed through this lens.…”

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“Decentring” international student mobility: The case of African student migrants in China

Mulvey

2020

Population Space and Place

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Despite the growth in numbers and geopolitical relevance of African students in China, research focusing on this body of student migrants remains scarce. This article presents an empirical investigation and postcolonial theorisation of student migration between Africa and China. Drawing on data from semi‐structured interviews with 40 African students, I provide an account of the decision‐making processes that lead African student migrants to study in Chinese universities. The article explores how this process is mediated by global power asymmetries, specifically China's position within the (post)colonial world system relative to African nations. Four examples are given of student decision‐making processes which are shaped by structural inequalities, and challenge existing understandings of who moves overseas to study for a degree and to what ends. These are as follows: underprivileged students benefiting from China's political manoeuvring, students who are coerced into moving overseas, students who are middle class but not affluent by global standards, and elites who take advantage of social networks to secure diplomatic scholarships.

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Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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“Decentring” international student mobility: The case of African student migrants in China

Mulvey

2020

Population Space and Place

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“…As domesticity becomes tech-dependent and resource-based (Urry, 2007), some individuals experience mediated mobilities as a fragile and constrained state, shaped by the uneven distribution of resources (Cresswell, 2010; Elliott and Urry, 2010) and social processes (Keightley and Reading, 2014). In this vein, I will contend that the interrupted mediated mobilities experienced by the transnational Filipino family reinforce the social inequalities within the operations of global capitalism (Parreñas, 2005a; San Juan, 2011) in the digital age. Uneven access to resources pave the way for asymmetrical communication (Lim, 2016; Madianou and Miller, 2012; Parreñas, 2005b).…”

Section: Negotiating Uneven Mediated Mobilitiesmentioning

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Home on the move: negotiating differential domesticity in family life at a distance

Cabalquinto

2017

Media, Culture & Society

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This article examines the ways in which 21 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Melbourne, Australia, and their left-behind family members in the Philippines use mobile media to re-stage, experience and negotiate home. Based on deploying in-depth interviews and visual methods, the findings show the reconstruction of a sense of dwelling through mobile devices. This transformation is shaped by the performance of ritualistic practices, gender roles and socioeconomic conditions. The study also uncovers how mediated mobilities are undermined by social structures and uneven technological infrastructures, paving the way for unstable, exclusionary and ambivalent experiences. Hence, members of the transnational Filipino family often negotiate such challenges by deploying various tactics to ensure that ties are maintained. By unravelling the differential and constrained mobile practices of the transnational Filipino family in forging a sense of at-homeness, the article attends to a critical conception of domesticity in the age of smartphones and mobile phone applications.

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“…While the governance role of destination countries has received considerable attention, migration management by source countries has been the focus of academic research less often but may also have a significant impact on the nature and outcomes of migration flows. The Philippines has been characterised as the migrant source country with the most proactive and organised labour export policies of any country, seen on one hand as the ‘quasi‐enslavement of warm bodies’ serving neo‐liberal purposes (San Juan Jr, ) or with migrants working within a ‘slave class process’, albeit with some elements of agency (Gibson et al , ). On the other hand, labour export from the Philippines can be seen as an example of successful migration management resulting in benefits such as high levels of remittances, which make a critical contribution to the national income, and reduced unemployment rates within the country (Batistella, ; Tan, ; Batistella and Asis, ).…”

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“…While the settlement of many Filipinos as permanent residents in New Zealand is evidence of successful migration transitions, the bifurcated nature of the immigration system has resulted in a greater vulnerability for some migrant workers. The perspective of OFWs as being in a kind of ‘quasi‐enslavement’ is commonly applied to the situation of many OFWs in the Middle East (San Juan, ), but it is less often applied to the situation of Filipinos in the ‘settlement countries’ of USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. Nevertheless, cases of migrant vulnerability and labour exploitation have been experienced in these countries.…”

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Migration management and mobility pathways for Filipino migrants to New Zealand

Friesen

2017

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There has been an increasing focus on migration management by academics and policy makers, especially in relation to temporary and transitional forms of mobility. This paper considers the acceleration of Filipino migration to New Zealand in recent years, partly driven by changing policies allowing migrants to transition from student and work visas to permanent residence. It outlines the history of Filipino migration to New Zealand, the roles of the Philippines and New Zealand governments and intermediaries in migration management and the nature of student, temporary work and permanent residence migration. The transitional pathways used by Filipino migrants are analysed in relation to the influence of skills and educational characteristics in creating opportunities for some and vulnerability for others.

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Contemporary Global Capitalism and the Challenge of the Filipino Diaspora

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“Decentring” international student mobility: The case of African student migrants in China

“Decentring” international student mobility: The case of African student migrants in China

Home on the move: negotiating differential domesticity in family life at a distance

Migration management and mobility pathways for Filipino migrants to New Zealand

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