The Temporary Agricultural Worker to Canada (TAWC) project was introduced in 2003 with the purpose of recruiting Guatemalan migrants to fill seasonal labour voids in Canada. Workers contracted through TAWC directives have received minimal scholarly attention, given the infancy of the program and the substantial focus on Mexican migrants recruited through the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. This dissertation illuminates the transnational political realities of Guatemalans by examining the impact that circular migration has on the subaltern migrant body. Fieldwork was conducted in two sites, the first St. Rémi in Québec, the second Santiago Sacatepéquez in Guatemala. Research findings underscore the transnational nature of the flow of hegemonic (discipline, insecurity, oppression, exploitation) and counter hegemonic (empowerment, liberation, collectiveness, security) political ideas and activities between the spaces traversed by migrants. The study engages a multi-faceted ethnographic design in order to explore the spatiality of political consciousness, assessing Guatemalan migrant responses to a range of ideas and activities imparted by agencies of power. These include both the Canadian and Guatemalan governments, the International Organization for Migration, and le Fondation des entreprises pour le recrutement de la main-d'oeuvre étrangère along with a range of transnational supporting allies. Nevertheless, the decision to (dis)engage in certain politicized conduct is largely dependent on the human agency of Guatemalan migrants, as they find the means to cope with the pressures of seasonal migration. A political economy perspective allows me to engage three debates that theoretically frame the transnational political identity of Guatemalan migrants. These are: (1) processes of political transnationalism; (2) neoliberal agenda and mindsets; and (3) migrant political consciousness, with a particular emphasis on Foucauldian concepts of governmentality and Gramscian notions of hegemony and consciousness. By engaging the (re)shaping of transnational political identity as a phenomenon influenced by agencies of power, and more importantly, the human agency of subaltern migrants, my dissertation emphasizes migrant (un)willingness to embrace and/or suppress certain resources that restructure political consciousness and political action. The versatility and fluidity of transmigrant political identity reveal that the distinct realities of individuals are constructed by travelling back and forth, as seasonal labourers, between Guatemala and Canada. / Thesis (Ph.D, Geography) -- Queen's University, 2012-01-02 21:30:20.445

Si la migration des Africains subsahariens vers l’Europe débute de manière hétéroclite, en termes de lieux, de raisons et de situations, une fois partis de chez eux avec un projet migratoire personnel, ils se réorganisent collectivement durant les étapes qui rythment leur périple. Ils se « reconnaissent » alors entre eux et coopèrent, créant peu à peu une histoire commune, une « aventure ». Une fois le Sahara franchi, les transmigrants subsahariens s’ancrent dans les sociétés maghrébines en greffant leurs propres circulations sur celles des populations locales. Au Maroc, ce sont les populations vivant dans les lieux de relégation socioéconomique (populations ayant elles aussi une relation étroite avec la migration), notamment celles des quartiers populaires périphériques de Rabat, Casablanca ou Tanger, qui traitent et intègrent les phénomènes du passage et de l’installation plus ou moins temporaire de ces nouveaux venus. Dans ces quartiers, qui sont le produit de l’arrivée de migrants de l’intérieur, se superposent alors des formes de mobilités et des logiques et stratégies migratoires hétéroclites. Je décrirai alors la vie sociale des transmigrants subsahariens qui, faisant face à la frontiérisation de l’UE, réussissent, malgré les répressions qu’ils subissent mais à un coût humain exorbitant, à s’organiser afin de circuler sur les routes africaines à la recherche d’une vie meilleure. Puis je présenterai quelques incidences sociopolitiques que de telles politiques transnationales anti-migrants redessinant les frontières Sud de l’Europe et de tels mouvements migratoires tentant de les contourner, supposent dans cette période de globalisation. / Subsaharian transnational migrants going to Europe come from a variety of countries, have various motivations, may have experienced quite different situations. However, once away from home, they reorganize collectively in the stopping places which constitute steps in their long journey. In each of these stops and steps, they get to acknowledge their resemblance and to cooperate, thus progressively building up a common story, or “adventure”. Once across the Sahara, they stick to the Maghrebi societies by grafting their own circulations on those of the local populations. In Morocco, the populations who deal with the passing and the more or less durable settling of these newcomers are the ones living in socioeconomic relegation areas, such as the poorer suburbs of Rabat, Casablanca or Tangiers; these populations know what migration is about, as they are themselves the product of a continuous arrival of inland migrants. The neighborhoods we studied therefore are constituted of a superposition of varied forms of mobility and migration logics and strategies. I then describe the social life of these sub-Saharan transmigrants who, faced with the reinforcement of EU borders, manage – in spite of repression but at an exorbitant human cost – to organize their circulation along the roads of Africa in search of a better life. In the course of their travels they implant veritable migratory relays stations in the places where they stop. This thesis goes on to present a few socio-political repercussions that must – in this phase of globalization – flow from such transnational, anti-migrant policies currently redrawing the southern boundary of Europe and from the migratory movements trying to get around them.

Si la migration des Africains subsahariens vers l'Europe débute de manière hétéroclite, en termes de lieux, de raisons et de situations, une fois partis de chez eux avec un projet migratoire personnel, ils se réorganisent collectivement durant les étapes qui rythment leur périple. Ils se " reconnaissent " alors entre eux et coopèrent, créant peu à peu une histoire commune, une " aventure ". Une fois le Sahara franchi, les transmigrants subsahariens s'ancrent dans les sociétés maghrébines en greffant leurs propres circulations sur celles des populations locales. Au Maroc, ce sont les populations vivant dans les lieux de relégation socioéconomique (populations ayant elles aussi une relation étroite avec la migration), notamment celles des quartiers populaires périphériques de Rabat, Casablanca ou Tanger, qui traitent et intègrent les phénomènes du passage et de l'installation plus ou moins temporaire de ces nouveaux venus. Dans ces quartiers, qui sont le produit de l'arrivée de migrants de l'intérieur, se superposent alors des formes de mobilités et des logiques et stratégies migratoires hétéroclites. Je décrirai alors la vie sociale des transmigrants subsahariens qui, faisant face à la frontiérisation de l'UE, réussissent, malgré les répressions qu'ils subissent mais à un coût humain exorbitant, à s'organiser afin de circuler sur les routes africaines à la recherche d'une vie meilleure. Puis je présenterai quelques incidences sociopolitiques que de telles politiques transnationales anti-migrants redessinant les frontières Sud de l'Europe et de tels mouvements migratoires tentant de les contourner, supposent dans cette période de globalisation.

The topic of the thesis concerns the everyday life of Russian speaking students in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to capture certain features of the everyday life of Russian-speaking students in the Czech Republic. It consists of several chapters. The theoretical part is devoted to defining the key concept of "everyday life", its characteristics, a brief overview of selected books and theories related to this issue, as well as a description of basic theoretical bases in the sociology of everyday life. The historical part deals with the description of selected daily activities and focuses on the life of Russian speaking students in the territory of Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. century. The methodological part describes what qualitative research is, how the data and the actual course of research were obtained. The practical part deals with the results of the research.

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Este trabalho analisa a construção e o desenvolvimento dos negócios da família Rheingantz, a partir das redes sociais constituídas e operadas por três gerações familiares, no período de 1840 até 1930. A tese investiga o papel do capital social ao longo do tempo, seu uso pelos membros familiares e a transmissão geracional. Percebendo a família Rheingantz como um grupo imigrante singular em termos de adaptação em solo brasileiro, essa análise busca refletir o papel dos laços transnacionais na construção e manutenção de empreendimentos de propriedade imigrante. Fruto de ampla pesquisa histórica, a tese apresenta uma narrativa de abordagem sócio histórica, que tem entre seus objetivos: investigar o papel das redes transmigrantes na formação e no desenvolvimento das empresas da família Rheingantz ao longo do tempo; analisar o uso de capital social entre membros familiares e sua transmissão entre gerações; avaliar quais os grupos envolvidos com os negócios da família Rheingantz e quais os benefícios que podem ter recebido no interior das redes sociais. / This work analyzes the construction and development of the Rheingantz family business, focusing on the social networks operated by three generations of the family, between 1840 until 1930. The thesis investigates the role of social capital over time, its use by family members and intergenerational transmission. Understanding the immigrant Rheingantz family as uniquely successful in adaptation to Brazil, this analysis emphasizes the role of transnational ties in the construction and maintenance of immigrant enterprises. The result of extensive historical research, this thesis presents a socio-historical narrative that has among its objectives: investigate the role of transmigrant networks in the formation and development of the Rheingantz family businesses over time; analyze the use of social capital by family members and its transmission between generations; assess which groups were involved in the Rheingantz family business, and what benefits they received within the social networks.

Este trabalho analisa a construção e o desenvolvimento dos negócios da família Rheingantz, a partir das redes sociais constituídas e operadas por três gerações familiares, no período de 1840 até 1930. A tese investiga o papel do capital social ao longo do tempo, seu uso pelos membros familiares e a transmissão geracional. Percebendo a família Rheingantz como um grupo imigrante singular em termos de adaptação em solo brasileiro, essa análise busca refletir o papel dos laços transnacionais na construção e manutenção de empreendimentos de propriedade imigrante. Fruto de ampla pesquisa histórica, a tese apresenta uma narrativa de abordagem sócio histórica, que tem entre seus objetivos: investigar o papel das redes transmigrantes na formação e no desenvolvimento das empresas da família Rheingantz ao longo do tempo; analisar o uso de capital social entre membros familiares e sua transmissão entre gerações; avaliar quais os grupos envolvidos com os negócios da família Rheingantz e quais os benefícios que podem ter recebido no interior das redes sociais. / This work analyzes the construction and development of the Rheingantz family business, focusing on the social networks operated by three generations of the family, between 1840 until 1930. The thesis investigates the role of social capital over time, its use by family members and intergenerational transmission. Understanding the immigrant Rheingantz family as uniquely successful in adaptation to Brazil, this analysis emphasizes the role of transnational ties in the construction and maintenance of immigrant enterprises. The result of extensive historical research, this thesis presents a socio-historical narrative that has among its objectives: investigate the role of transmigrant networks in the formation and development of the Rheingantz family businesses over time; analyze the use of social capital by family members and its transmission between generations; assess which groups were involved in the Rheingantz family business, and what benefits they received within the social networks.

Este trabalho analisa a construção e o desenvolvimento dos negócios da família Rheingantz, a partir das redes sociais constituídas e operadas por três gerações familiares, no período de 1840 até 1930. A tese investiga o papel do capital social ao longo do tempo, seu uso pelos membros familiares e a transmissão geracional. Percebendo a família Rheingantz como um grupo imigrante singular em termos de adaptação em solo brasileiro, essa análise busca refletir o papel dos laços transnacionais na construção e manutenção de empreendimentos de propriedade imigrante. Fruto de ampla pesquisa histórica, a tese apresenta uma narrativa de abordagem sócio histórica, que tem entre seus objetivos: investigar o papel das redes transmigrantes na formação e no desenvolvimento das empresas da família Rheingantz ao longo do tempo; analisar o uso de capital social entre membros familiares e sua transmissão entre gerações; avaliar quais os grupos envolvidos com os negócios da família Rheingantz e quais os benefícios que podem ter recebido no interior das redes sociais. / This work analyzes the construction and development of the Rheingantz family business, focusing on the social networks operated by three generations of the family, between 1840 until 1930. The thesis investigates the role of social capital over time, its use by family members and intergenerational transmission. Understanding the immigrant Rheingantz family as uniquely successful in adaptation to Brazil, this analysis emphasizes the role of transnational ties in the construction and maintenance of immigrant enterprises. The result of extensive historical research, this thesis presents a socio-historical narrative that has among its objectives: investigate the role of transmigrant networks in the formation and development of the Rheingantz family businesses over time; analyze the use of social capital by family members and its transmission between generations; assess which groups were involved in the Rheingantz family business, and what benefits they received within the social networks.

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