The affective possibilities of London: Antipodean transnationals and the overseas experience
Conradson, David and Latham, Alan (2007) The affective possibilities of London: Antipodean transnationals and the overseas experience. Mobilities, 2, (2), 231-254. (doi:10.1080/17450100701381573).
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This paper contributes to research on the lived dimensions of transnational mobility through an engagement with recent work on affect. Drawing on interviews with New Zealand skilled migrants, we argue that the attractions and experience of relocation to London are significantly connected to the affective possibilities it offers. As a diverse and enlivening set of ecologies of place, London appears to facilitate a certain feeling of being in the heart of things, an embodied state that is both valued and closely linked to New Zealand's former status as a British colony. We argue that considering the affective possibilities of cities - and the diverse ways in which transnational migrants perceive and appropriate these possibilities - offers valuable insights into the dynamics of subjectivity in a mobile world.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This paper offers new perspectives for researching transnational mobility by engaging with emerging theorisations of affect. It examines how the experiential possibilities of world city destinations are perceived and valued, both within and beyond the monetary economy. First author analysed 80% of data and wrote 80% of the text. |
| ISSNs: | 1745-0101 (print) |
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| Keywords: | transnational mobility, affect, subjectivity, london, new zealand, cosmopolitan |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography > Economy, Culture, Space |
| Item ID: | 47037 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:29 |
| Contributors: | Conradson, David (Author) Latham, Alan (Author) |
| Date: | July 2007 |
| Additional Information: | This paper offers new perspectives for researching transnational mobility by engaging with emerging theorisations of affect. It examines how the experiential possibilities of world city destinations are perceived and valued, both within and beyond the monetary economy. First author analysed 80% of data and wrote 80% of the text. |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | d.j.conradson@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47037 |
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