CIRFASE
Laura Merla (Cirfase & Grial) & Loretta Baldassar (Monash University)
International seminar
TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES,
MIGRATION AND KIN-WORK:
FROM CARE CHAINS TO CARE CIRCULATION
Louvain-la-Neuve
24 October 2011 - salle du conseil PSP
25 October 2011 – Lecl 93
9H15: WELCOME
P.Servais (Iacchos, UCL) & L. Merla (Cirfase & Dvlp-Grial, UCL)
9H15: WELCOME
I. Yépez del Castillo (Dvlp-Grial, UCL) & L. Baldassar (Monash
University)
9h30-12H00. NORMALISING THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY
Chair: J. Marquet (Cirfase, UCL)
Transnational families, migration and kin-work: from care
chains to care circulation–L. Baldassar (Monash University) & L.
Merla (UCL) - Discussant: N. Yeates
Care (and) circulation revisited: a conceptual map of diversity in
transnational parenting- P. Bonizzoni (University of Milan)
& P.Boccagni (University of Trento)- Discussant: R. Wilding
Mapping the new plurality of transnational families: a life
course perspective – K. Wall (University of Lisbon) & C. Bolzman
(University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland & University of
Geneva) - Discussant: E. Zontini
9H30 – 12H00. CARE CIRCULATION, IDENTITY AND BELONGING
Chair: M. Verhoeven (Girsef, UCL)
Keeping it in the family : the circulation of care within
transnational extended kin networks – L. Baldassar (Monash
University) and R. Wilding (LaTrobe University) - Discussant: S.
Singh
Care flows in transnational families: social and cultural capitals
- T. Reynolds (London South Bank University) & E. Zontini (University
of Nottingham) - Discussant: P. Boccagni
‘Boomerang remittances’ and circular care: a study of Indian
transnational families in Australia – S. Singh & A. Cabraal (RMIT
University, Australia) - Discussant: Marina Ariza
13H30-16H30. CULTURES AND POLITICAL ECONOMIES OF CARE
Chair: J. Mazzocchetti (Laap, UCL)
13H30 – 16H00: THE POLITICS OF GENDER IN FAMILY LIFE
Chair: F.Degavre (Cirtes, UCL)
Migration and care: Intimately related aspects of Caribbean
family and kinship (Read-only paper) – K. Fog Olwig (University of
Copenhagen) - Discussant: T. Reynolds
Migrant men and fathering: the circulation of fatherly care
within the families of recent Polish male migrants in London –
M. Kilkey (University of Hull) - Discussant: A. Fresnoza-Flot
Ghanaian children in transnational families: parenting norms,
expectations and emotional experiences of children left-behind–
M.Poeze & V. Mazzucato (Maastricht University) - Discussant: K. Wall
Care circulation and affectivity among Mexican and Dominican
transnational families – M. Ariza (Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México) - Discussant: C. Bolzman
What’s in a chain? On relationality, circulation, agency and
multiplicity in global care chain analysis – N. Yeates (The Open
University) - Discussant: V. Mazzucato
Men’s caregiving practices in Filipino transnational families: A
case study of left-behind fathers and sons - A.Fresnoza-Flot
(Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7) - Discussant: M. Kilkey
Concluding remarks – R. Grillo (Sussex Centre for Migration
Research)
16H – 17H: CONCLUSIONS
Transnational families, care circulation and social policy - L.
Merla (Catholic University of Louvain) - Discussant: R. Grillo
Concluding remarks – R. Grillo (Sussex Centre for Migration
Research)
Renseignements et inscriptions: stephanie.lorent@uclouvain.be
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