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Transnational care practices of Brazilian Working Class Migrants living in Australia and Portugal: a comparative perspective

Objetivo

The aim of this research is to explore and compare the impact of distance on the experiences of Brazilian working class migrants living in Australia and in Portugal who care for ageing, disabled parents in their home countries. Drawing on the results of an ethnographic study of six groups of professional migrants living in Australia, conducted by Baldassar, Baldock and Witling, the research will address the questions of Brazilian migrants, motivation and capacity (ability, opportunity) to contribute to practical, emotional and personal care of their elderly parents back home, and of the structural constraints that shape the forms of this type of care-giving. By focussing on working class migrants, transnational care practices in two different countries, this research will try to shed light on the one hand on the influence that weaker levels of social, economic and cultural capital can have on the capacity and ability to provide transnational care, and on the other hand on the influence of migration and employment policies on this capacity and ability. The objectives are to develop the applicant's scientific and empirical knowledge on transnational care, family dynamics, gender dynamics and care practices; to enhance the applicant's skills of independent thinking and criticism by testing and challenging the existing theories in the field through a focus on working class migrants in two different national contexts; and to be trained to multi-sited ethnographic methods of investigation. These objectives will be achieved through the applicant's integration to the team that developed the notion of transnational care, in a dynamic process of ongoing discussion and debate; and through the transfer and application of the new knowledge and skills acquired by conducting a comparative field study in Portugal with the support of the return host institution. This project will be the first step towards the development of research on transnational care at the EU level.

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Convocatoria de propuestas

FP6-2005-MOBILITY-6
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Régimen de financiación

OIF - Marie Curie actions-Outgoing International Fellowships

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INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
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