Tími og kaldhæðni í hnattrænum fólksflutningum frá Filippseyjum

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Fyrirlesari er prófessor Pauline Gardiner Barber.

 Temporal entanglements and historical irony in Philippine global migration

The history of global capitalism is synonymous with the manipulation of time and space. Capital seeks ever greater efficiencies through the bending of time and space and the encouragement of human (and capital) mobilities. Drawing upon the example of the Philippines, this paper considers the multiple ways in which temporality provides a productive lens through which to explore various entanglements - social, political, economic - associated with global migration in an era described as neoliberal.

Pauline Gardiner Barber is a social anthropologist whose research examines issues of culture, political economy, and development. For several decades she has studied the transnational implications of Philippine migration to Canada, and globally, with a particular focus on how migration shapes local lives and livelihoods in migrant-sending communities. This body of research contributes to the literature that asks whether and how migration can be linked to development (regional, national, and international) and for whose benefit. She has completed research in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Canada, always emphasizing the class effects of migration. Her research also questions the links between migration and the inequalities of citizenship.