Mobility + Informality

The Informal Practices of Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurs in Barcelona: Three Contrasting Cases

15.04.2021 , in ((Mobility + Informality)) , ((No Comments))

In recent academic literature, transnational migrant entrepreneurs are represented as active agents capable of mobilizing resources situated in different countries to develop businesses. Mobility, however, is an unequally distributed resource, and restrictive migration regimes limit the possibilities of individuals to become entrepreneurs. An ethnographic study in Barcelona highlights the obstacles ...

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Informality and Transnational (Im)Mobilities in Europe – Introduction

08.04.2021 , in ((Mobility + Informality)) , ((No Comments))
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People worldwide rely on informal practices to resist, survive, care, and relate to each other beyond the control and coercive presence of states and formal institutions. This blog series introduces a recently published special issue of Migration Letters that ethnographically explores how mobilities and informality are entangled in responding to ...

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