Multi-scalar inequality: Structured mobility and the narrative construction of scale in translocal Cambodia |
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Institution: | 1. Service de chirurgie vasculaire, CHU Morafeno, Tamatave, Madagascar;2. Service d’anesthésie-réanimation, CHU Morafeno, Tamatave, Madagascar;3. Service de rhumatologie, CHU Morafeno, Tamatave, Madagascar;4. Service de chirurgie générale et vasculaire, CHUJRA, Tananarive, Madagascar;1. Blue Ventures Conservation, Level 2 Annex, Omnibus Business Centre, 39-41 North Road, London N7 9D, UK;2. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK |
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Abstract: | Focusing on three neighbouring villages in Cambodia, this paper argues the need for a multi-scalar interpretation of the relationship between mobility and wealth. It analyses migrant livelihoods in both sender and receiving areas to show that single scale measurements of mobility are inappropriate in the context of translocal livelihoods because livelihoods enacted across multiple places may possess multiple values of scale and mobility, each co-existing within the same migrant lifeworld. In seeking an improved conception of these complexities, the paper has combined spatial and qualitative analysis of translocal livelihoods to highlight the linkages between mobility in multiple places. On this basis, it posits that the mobility of translocal livelihoods must be assessed at least three scales: the scale appropriate to the sending environment, the scale appropriate to the receiving environment, and the scale on which potential migrations are judged. Making use of this framework allows clear relationships to be observed between mobility and inequality in both the narratives and structures of the communities under investigation. |
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Keywords: | Migration Multi-scalar geographies Inequality Remittances Cambodia |
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