Introduction. Mobile Practices and Regimes of Permissiveness

Kalir, Barak; Sur, Malini; Schendel, Willem van

doi:10.1515/9789048515875-003

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“…A borderland perspective challenges the methodological nationalism underpinning much social science research (Wimmer & Glick Schiller, ). Although accepting that in today's world citizenship and nationality matter as identity markers and for the distribution of sets of entitlements (see Butt & Ball, ), a borderland perspective highlights that such nationally defined legal and regulatory frameworks may well coexist with more fluid sets of norms that perhaps lack legal status yet are socially sanctioned and important for the social constitution of borderland spaces (Kalir, Sur, & van Schendel, ). Borderland spaces are interesting precisely because of the coexistence of different modalities, which means that identities and relations of belonging cannot be assumed and are likely to take multiple forms.…”

Section: Literature Review: Borders Borderlands and Situating Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Becoming mobile and growing up: A “generationed” perspective on borderland mobilities, youth, and the household

Huijsmans

2018

Population Space and Place

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Drawing on ethnographic research with Lao village youth in a Lao–Thai borderland, I argue that their involvement in cross‐border day labour illuminates the interplay between the dynamics of “becoming mobile” and “growing up.” Despite the autonomy Lao village youth displays in cross‐border day labour, the practice is shaped by, situated within, and at the same time reproduces structural relations of inequality constituting the borderland. The social organisation of the networks of cross‐border day labour skew the practice towards youth from ethnic Lao original households. This has repercussions on how youth from the more marginalised settler households become mobile and assert their youthfulness. The “generationed” perspective presented in this article contributes to the situating of young people's agency in borderland mobilities, understanding agency as shaped by, and shaping the intersection of gendered life course dynamics, household histories, and the sociocultural and politico‐economic dynamics constituting the borderland.

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Section: Literature Review: Borders Borderlands and Situating Agencymentioning

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Becoming mobile and growing up: A “generationed” perspective on borderland mobilities, youth, and the household

Huijsmans

2018

Population Space and Place

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“…Discussions within such threads are also more open‐minded and accepting of the processes, thus creating a degree of social acceptance within the cyber‐communities. Zones of licitness, or ‘permissive regimes’ (Kalir et al, : 19), are therefore found in cyber‐patient communities geared for reproduction or TTCing.…”

Section: Internet As Bridgespace: Redefining ‘Licitness’ Through Cybementioning

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Crossing boundaries of state and religious power: Reproductive mobilities in Singapore

Mariano¹,

Yeoh

Cheng

2017

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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Singapore has one of the tightest regulations over assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) in Asia, a consequence of Singapore's strong state, the priority it gives to reproduction, and the numerous religious groups in the country and their direct and indirect influence on the Bioethics Advisory Committee, which recommends ART regulations for the country. Together, these key actors give shape to the ‘local moral worlds’, which undergird ART governance in the country. Drawing on in‐depth interviews and data from online forums, we illustrate Singaporean fertility seekers' attempts to juggle myriad and sometimes confusing obligations to the state, society and religion in making reproductive choices. We then explore the limits and possibilities for fertility seekers to circumvent the restrictive rules and ‘moral safety valves’ set in place in their home country simply by stepping out to another jurisdiction across national borders. The paper goes on to show how the Internet communities serve as a bridgespace, propelling fertility mobilities by enabling Singaporeans to see creative possibilities in patchwork regulations. At the edges of state and religious power, fertility‐seeking subjects take advantage of liminal spaces, grey areas, or permissive regimes to gain several degrees of freedom to practise adaptive fertility strategies that may be ‘unofficial’ but ‘licit’ or ‘socially acceptable’.

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“…At times, when the law proves incompatible with the needs of borderland people, local practices are invoked as a convenient replacement. Eilenberg and Wadley () and Kalir et al () exemplify the role of kinship, culture and tradition in illegal cross‐border migration. They demonstrate that borderland life creates common interests and practices that eventually assume the guise of legality, though illegal under state law.…”

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Illegal but licit: Migrant mobility and the negotiation of legality in the northeast Thai–Lao borderlands

Rungmanee

2016

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Based on research in a border village in Northeast Thailand and two villages in Laos, this paper discusses how formal regulations on cross-border migration are negotiated, such that the practice becomes socially acceptable amongst receiving communities. This paper focuses on the border-crossing experiences of Lao migrants to argue that regulations governing the Thai-Lao borders have been circumvented in response to labour demands in the Thai borderlands and mutual interest between local state officials and borderlanders. It is illegal for undocumented migrants to cross the Mekong to work in the farms along the Northeast Thai-Lao borderlands, but the practice has become socially acceptable. This licit 1 status helps Lao migrants to navigate local state authorities, who are also involved in local social relations.The importance of local social relations is emphasised by differences in cross border-migration between jobs in agriculture and jobs in service industries. In urban settings, migrants do not participate in local social relations to the same extent. Consequently, they are viewed as illicit, 2 as well as illegal. While acknowledging the ongoing legal constraints on migrants and their movements, this paper seeks to provide an understanding of how state authority in the border regions is mediated by enduring social relations that create a legitimate space for informal and mutually beneficial actions.

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Introduction. Mobile Practices and Regimes of Permissiveness

Cited by 10 publications

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Becoming mobile and growing up: A “generationed” perspective on borderland mobilities, youth, and the household

Becoming mobile and growing up: A “generationed” perspective on borderland mobilities, youth, and the household

Crossing boundaries of state and religious power: Reproductive mobilities in Singapore

Illegal but licit: Migrant mobility and the negotiation of legality in the northeast Thai–Lao borderlands

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