Translocal Geographies

Katherine Brickell, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Ayona Datta, Lecturer, Cities Programme, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, UK

Contents: Part 1 Introduction: Translocal Geographies: Introduction: translocal geographies, Katherine Brickell and Ayone Datta. Part 2 Translocal Spaces; Home and Family: Translocal geographies of 'home' in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Katherine Brickell; Translocal family relations amongst the Lahu in Northern Thailand, Brian A.L. Tan and Brenda S.A. Yeoh; British families moving home: translocal geographies of return migration from Singapore, Madeleine E. Hatfield. Part 3 Translocal Neighbourhoods: Translocal geographies of London: belonging and 'otherness' among Polish migrants after 2004, Ayona Datta; ' You wouldn't know what's in there would you?' Homeliness and 'foreign' signs in Ashfield, Sydney, Amanda Wise; Ways out of crisis in Buenos Aires: translocal landscapes and the activation of mobile resources, Ryan Centner. Part 4 Urban Translocalities: Spaces, Places, Connections: Fear of small distances: home associations in Douala, Dar es Salaam and London, Ben Page; Translocal spatial; geographies: multi-sited encounters of Greek migrants in Athens, Berlin, and New York, Anastasia Christou; Translocality in Washington, DC and Addis Ababa: spaces and linkages of the Ethiopian diaspora in two capital cities, Elizabeth Chacko. Part 5 Epilogue: Translocality; a critical reflection, Michael Peter Smith; Bibliography; Index.