Gendered mobilities and border-crossings: From Elbasan to Athens

Vaiou, D

dc.contributor.author	Vaiou, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:09:16Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:09:16Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	0966369X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29786
dc.subject	borders/boundaries	en
dc.subject	gender	en
dc.subject	migration	en
dc.subject	southern Europe	en
dc.subject.other	cross-border relations	en
dc.subject.other	gender relations	en
dc.subject.other	human geography	en
dc.subject.other	mobility	en
dc.subject.other	perception	en
dc.subject.other	population migration	en
dc.subject.other	spatial analysis	en
dc.subject.other	womens status	en
dc.subject.other	Albania	en
dc.subject.other	Athens [Attica]	en
dc.subject.other	Attica	en
dc.subject.other	Elbasan	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.title	Gendered mobilities and border-crossings: From Elbasan to Athens	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1080/0966369X.2011.610178	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2011.610178	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	The study of migratory movements, with all their changing features in the context of post-1989 political, economic and geographical restructurings, offers a prime site for reflection on the gendered meaning/s and content of mobilities and borders. Particularly in human geography, new questions and different approaches to established themes in migration research are elaborated in this 'era of globalisation'. Negotiations of geographical and social borders and boundaries, the speed and ease of movement, but also gender inequalities in choice and cases of immobility and/or enclosure, emphasis on agency and the importance of space and place are some such themes and questions. This article is based on research with migrant women in Athens; it follows the trajectories of an Albanian woman from Elbasan to Athens as a starting point for the discussion of gendered practices and perceptions of migration, (im)mobility and border-crossings. In these trajectories, space is involved, in its material aspects but also in terms of representations and codings. Notions of place, local/global relations and gender identities are re-worked in the efforts to set up bearable everyday lives 'here', while maintaining links 'there'. At the same time, 'here' (in Athens) and 'there' (in Elbasan) come out as open and temporary while borders are (re)produced, negotiated and challenged in multiple ways and at various spatial scales. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.	en
heal.journalName	Gender, Place and Culture	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/0966369X.2011.610178	en
dc.identifier.volume	19	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	249	en
dc.identifier.epage	262	en