CEDLA Seminar

CEDLA Seminar: Todos somos migrantes

Long-distance and local contacts of Latin American migrants  

Friday 23 March 2012, from 10.30 at CEDLA  

Theme

The speakers of this seminar address the various ways in which transnational migrants use their transnational and local networks to settle down, feel connected, make a livelihood in a new country and remain in touch with their families back home. Aspects of the physical and virtual social networks will be discussed, ranging from Facebook groups and receiving committees to home-town organizations and governmental programs in the countries of origin.

Registration

This CEDLA seminar is open for scholars, students, practitioners, and lay audience. Please register by sending an email to the secretariat: secretariat@cedla.nl (admission is free).    

Programme

10.30Welcome and coffee  

10.45We are all migrants. Introduction on social networks and transnational policies. Christien Klaufus (CEDLA)  

11.00Latino Migrants in the Jewish State: Undocumented Belonging. Barak Kalir (University of Amsterdam)  

11.45Assessing the impact of migration on households’ welfare in the Austro region of Ecuador: A CBMS approach  Germán Calfat (IOB Antwerp University) and Andrea Neira (Univ. de Cuenca)  

12.30Lunch   13.30Feeling@home: translocal practices of Bolivian migrants in Spain. Gery Nijenhuis (Utrecht University)  

14.15New forms of community. A critical analysis of social capital among Brazilian immigrants in Amsterdam  Masja van Meeteren (Erasmus University)  

15.00Tea break  

15.15Mediated networks: Brazilian migrants’ online togetherness. Mieke Schrooten (IMMRC Leuven University)  

16.00Difficult Times Waiting Ahead. The Latin American Migrant on Spanish Film and YouTube Images. Arij Ouweneel (CEDLA)  

16.45Discussion  

17.15Drinks  

Remember Please register by sending an email to the secretariat: secretariat@cedla.nl (admission is free).