Connecting and confronting Transnationalism: Bridging Concepts and Moving Critique

Autor(en)
Petra Dannecker, Sarah De Jong
Abstrakt

This article traces the trajectory of transnationalism as a perspective andfieldof study and suggests that new impetus can be given to its development byestablishing a dialogue between transnationalism and other key concepts.While the research agenda of the early stages was characterised by a needto distinguish transnationalism from related terms, such as globalisation, weargue that thefield could now regain momentum by exploring synergies withother concepts. In this special issue we stage confrontations between trans-nationalism and, respectively, the (perspectives opened up by the) concepts of‘borders’,‘translocality’,‘precarity’,‘queer’,‘moralities’,‘the state’, and‘broker-age’. Conceptually, this allows us to go beyond an internal critique thatexposes the shortcomings of a transnational perspective, by suggestingnovel frameworks and toolkits. Substantively, this issue’s articles demonstratethe need to refocus transnational studies’attention to the unevenness,instability and inequality of transnational space.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Internationale Entwicklung
Externe Organisation(en)
Open University
Journal
Identities.Global Studies in Culture and Power
Band
25
Seiten
493-506
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
1070-289X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2018.1507962
Publikationsdatum
2018
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
509023 Entwicklungsforschung
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/connecting-and-confronting-transnationalism-bridging-concepts-and-moving-critique(8cb75e24-b209-46a0-ab58-887c94e9a6bb).html