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Naumann, Christiane and Greiner, Clemens ORCID: 0000-0002-6771-373X (2017). The translocal villagers. Mining, mobility and stratification in post-apartheid South Africa. Mobilities, 12 (6). S. 875 - 890. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1745-011X

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Abstract

Internal labour migration from rural areas to urban centres has been and remains one of the dominant patterns of migration in South Africa. Based on data from ethnographic field research, this paper explores the mobility patterns and translocal relations of miners in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. By considering the tension between mobility and locality in a historical and political perspective, the concept of translocality helps to explain why miners try to expand their action space and, at the same time, why they are embedded in certain places. Thus, a translocal perspective enhances the interpretation of the spatio-temporal transformations in South Africa's mining communities and beyond, as it sheds light on the agency of mine workers, superseding merely structuralist explanations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Naumann, Christiane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Greiner, Clemens UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6771-373X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-244480
DOI:	10.1080/17450101.2016.1225862
Journal or Publication Title:	Mobilities
Volume:	12
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 875 - 890
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1745-011X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GOLD-MINES; RURAL LIVELIHOODS; MIGRANT LABOR; MIGRATION; GEOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONS; HOUSEHOLDS; COMPLEXITY; NAMIBIA; SCALE Multiple languages Geography; Transportation Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24448