Secluded Lives: Restricted Urban Practices of Migrant Domestic and Care Workers in Istanbul

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dc.authorscopusid58098247400
dc.contributor.authorTuncer, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorEren-Benlisoy, Z.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:05:21Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:05:21Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.department-tempTuncer, E., Kadir Has University (KHU), Istanbul, Turkey; Eren-Benlisoy, Z., Sabancı University, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractOur research investigates the gendered processes of labour migration of domestic and care workers (MDWs), along with their experiences of urban life in Istanbul. As an interdisciplinary urban study in concordance with ethnographic methodologies, it further focuses on gendered drivers of migration: the home, work, and social urban environments of MDWs. The significance of our study is that it contributes to analyses of Global South–South female labour migration from a gender perspective, which has emerged as a relatively new and burgeoning field in migration studies. It is also significant in that it reveals how gender inequalities are spatialised. This is done by representing the city through the digital mapping of anonymous information from MDWs concerning their use of Istanbul. Our findings state that the urban practices of MDWs are highly limited and restricted by patriarchal family structures, either remote husbands or transnational communities. The fear of being a foreign woman in Istanbul, language barriers, illegal status, and the expensive costs of socialising outdoors restricted their urban social lives as well. Furthermore, the host community sometimes stigmatises foreign women as “easily exploited”, thus, most were exposed to verbal, physical, and/or sexual harassment in public spaces, which caused women to lead secluded lives. Fearing male violence, which is widespread in Turkey, they censor themselves. In this sense, gender inequalities seem to be spatialised; this can be traced through Google My Maps based on the subjective urban narratives of MDWs. It represents how urban policies remain insufficient in responding to feminised labour migration. © 2022 University of L'Aquila, Department of Civil Construction, Building and Architecture, Environmental Engineering. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTürkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAKen_US
dc.description.sponsorship[2]https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/ Index?p=Istatistiklerle-Ka- din-2021-45635#: [3] https://www.csgb.gov.tr/me dia/87487/yabanciizin2020.pdf [4] This article is based on a re search project supported by the United Kingdom Research Innova tion Global Challenges Research Fund.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipis an associate professor at Kadir Has University (KHU) in Istanbul and a visiting fellow at the Gender, Justice and Se curity UKRI GCRF Hub based at LSE and a co-investigator of its Gendered Dynamics of La bour Migration. She is also the principal investigator of “Ex periences of Migration and Ur ban Life of Skilled Migrants in Istanbul” funded by TÜBİTAK.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.20365/disegnarecon.28.2022.3en_US
dc.identifier.issn1828-5961
dc.identifier.issue28en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85151696056en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.20365/disegnarecon.28.2022.3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/4840
dc.identifier.volume15en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.khas20231019-Scopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of L'Aquila, Department of Civil Construction, Building and Architecture, Environmental Engineeringen_US
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dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectfemale migrant domestic and care workersen_US
dc.subjectIstanbulen_US
dc.subjectrestricted urban practicesen_US
dc.subjectsecluded livesen_US
dc.subjectspatial-ethnographyen_US
dc.titleSecluded Lives: Restricted Urban Practices of Migrant Domestic and Care Workers in Istanbulen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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