Balancing the here and there: Transnational mobilities of moroccan middle-class professionals in Istanbul

dc.contributor.authorRitter, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-28T11:10:51Z
dc.date.available2019-06-28T11:10:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the ways Moroccan middle-class professionals residing in Istanbul have forged transnational connections since the 2006 free trade agreement between Turkey and Morocco. Based on ethnographic fieldwork the article finds that research participants embrace three interdependent mobilities - imaginative corporeal and virtual. First Moroccan television viewers imaginatively internalise images of Turkish society through Turkish programmes broadcast in Morocco. Then Moroccan nationals engage in physical travel to Turkey initially as tourists but later also as job seekers. Finally Moroccan residents of Istanbul travel virtually to keep in touch with friends and family through media such as online platforms and instant messaging applications. In this article I argue that users of virtual environments have developed into new transnational brokers facilitating the spatial extension of border-crossing networks. © Berghahn Books.en_US]
dc.identifier.citation0
dc.identifier.doi10.3167/ame.2015.100204en_US
dc.identifier.endpage63
dc.identifier.issn1746-0719en_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-0719
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84982170400en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage46en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/1339
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3167/ame.2015.100204
dc.identifier.volume10en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.institutionauthorRitter, Christianen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBerghahn Journalsen_US
dc.relation.journalAnthropology of the Middle Easten_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDigital mediaen_US
dc.subjectIstanbulen_US
dc.subjectMobilitiesen_US
dc.subjectMoroccoen_US
dc.subjectTransnationalismen_US
dc.titleBalancing the here and there: Transnational mobilities of moroccan middle-class professionals in Istanbulen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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