Translocality: Anthropological, Historical and Social Perspectives

Translocality is defined as being identified with more than one location. It is an assortment of enduring, open, and non-linear processes, which produce close associations between different places and people. The various forms of exchange and interrelationships are formed through migration flows and networks such as exchanges between migrants and non-migrants. There can be exchanges of goods, commodities and money such as trade or remittances, or an exchange of information, ideas and identities through visits, phone calls, letters, emails, and social media. Translocality creates a network in which a group of actors (migrants and non-migrants) stay in contact with each other and share a common interest, identity, or function. It also encompasses socio-spatial dynamics, processes of simultaneity, and identity formation that transcends boundaries. The objective of this book is to present anthropological, historical, and social perspectives on translocality. With state-of-the-art inputs by acclaimed researchers of sociology, it targets students and sociologists.