Giulia Sinatti
Biographic Data
| ID | 176284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giulia Sinatti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giulia |
| FAMILY NAME | Sinatti |
| SIGNATURE | SINATTI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8702-3886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 253 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Emotional labour in midwifery care
This article explores midwives' engagement with emotional labour. Drawing on theorisation first proposed by Arlie Hochschild, we investigate how midwives display emotions to induce certain emotional states in the birthing woman and, while doing so, simultaneously regulate their own emotions. Inspired by recent work from within the field of midwifery science on ‘watchful attendance’, we understand midwivery care as uniquely combining both clinical…
Sparking Change
Anthropologists increasingly engage with healthcare systems, using ethnographic research as a critical tool for understanding and improving healthcare practices. The resulting interactions and collaborations between ethnographers, healthcare practitioners, and administrators often give rise to ‘frictions’—moments of tension, frustrations, misalignments, and misunderstandings. In physics, friction is the force that one object’s surface exerts over…
Border as Mess
A growing body of scholarly work addresses the involvement, in migration governance, of civil society actors. Much of this literature highlights–within the bottom-up initiatives of NGOs, charities, volunteers and activists–the central role of hospitality and solidarity. Civil society initiatives are often contrasted to restrictive state policies and assumed to favour democratic integration. In this article, I question this interpretation in favou…
Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda
This article problematises protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees in contexts of state-condoned persecution against this group. Based on ethnographic evidence from Kampala, Uganda, we draw attention to the homogenising tendencies of centralised protection systems in cities in the global south, which are primarily centred on nationality-based communities. We examine the processes of social exclusion that …
Humanitarianism as Politics
Humanitarianism is increasingly used to address migration in Europe, from search and rescue operations at sea to reception on land. Scholars often interpret humanitarianism as a means for states to depoliticize migration and prioritize securitization. In this article, I analyze perspectives on humanitarianism among civil society volunteers and workers who, alongside institutions, deliver humanitarian support to migrants. Civil initiatives in this…
Under the guise of resilience
Building “resilience” to insecurity and crisis is high on the European Union (EU) agenda. EU uptake of this buzzword is especially significant with regard to migration and forced displacement. Uncertainty, however, remains about what resilience is, how it translates into practice, and what its implications are. In this article, we analyze EU humanitarian and development policies and provide empirical insight into resilience-building in Jordan and…
Return migration, entrepreneurship and development
In recent years, the prominence of ‘migration’ as a policy domain in many African countries has shifted from labour-export policies to so-called ‘diaspora policies’. In these policies, migration is emphasised as a key instrument to stimulate development, particularly through return to the homeland and migrant entrepreneurship. Despite much attention accorded to migrants’ agency and affiliated cultural aspects in the ‘migration and development nex…
‘Come back, invest, and advance the country’
Since the early 2000s, policy debates and academic research on the linkages between migration and development have blossomed. Within this discussion, a particular focus is on the potential of return migrants’ investment in home economies. In origin countries, scholars have observed growing policy interest towards emigrant communities, highlighting that Southern governments have intensified their contacts with overseas diasporas and invite them to…
Migrants as agents of development
This article analyses how European governments and civil society actors engage diasporas in Europe as agents for the development of their countries of origin. Through a critical examination of diaspora engagement discourse and practice in various European countries, we identify three implicit understandings. First, development is conceived of as the planned activities of Western professional development actors; second, diasporas are seen as actua…
Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries
This article explores the topic of return migration as it is understood and practised by different actors who engage with this theme, albeit from different perspectives. Return migration is paraded in policy debates as a triple-win scenario, bringing advantages to receiving states, countries of origin and migrants. Yet this article reveals how return migration is understood differently by policymakers in Senegal and Europe and by the migrants tar…
Mobile transmigrants’ or ‘unsettled returnees’? myth of return and permanent resettlement among Senegalese migrants
The importance gained by transnationalism and growing attention for the development potential of migration have recently brought forward a new concern for the issue of return migration. Within this framework, return to the home country is understood as having an increasingly less permanent nature. Transnational movement itself is conceived as a form of return, and the debate on the migration–development nexus considers circulation to foster devel…
Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal
The increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding contemporary forms of identification and belonging. Literature on the subject strongly challenges the notion of home as a fixed place, particularly where migration is concerned. The case study of Senegalese migration, however, contrasts this argument. Based upon ethnograph…
Diasporic Cosmopolitanism and Conservative Translocalism
This article analyses narratives of nation and belonging developed by transnational migrants who are characterised as maintaining strong ties across the countries of origin and of immigration. Most literature on the issue suggests that transnational migrants develop new forms of deterritorialised belonging, recognising themselves in imagined communities and nations unbound. Against such an interpretation, this article argues that certain cities s…
Recently completed doctorates in social and cultural geography
Transnational Social Spaces
Migrants as agents of development
This article analyses how European governments and civil society actors engage diasporas in Europe as agents for the development of their countries of origin. Through a critical examination of diaspora engagement discourse and practice in various European countries, we identify three implicit understandings. First, development is conceived of as the planned activities of Western professional development actors; second, diasporas are seen as actua…
Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries
This article explores the topic of return migration as it is understood and practised by different actors who engage with this theme, albeit from different perspectives. Return migration is paraded in policy debates as a triple-win scenario, bringing advantages to receiving states, countries of origin and migrants. Yet this article reveals how return migration is understood differently by policymakers in Senegal and Europe and by the migrants tar…
Mobile transmigrants’ or ‘unsettled returnees’? myth of return and permanent resettlement among Senegalese migrants
The importance gained by transnationalism and growing attention for the development potential of migration have recently brought forward a new concern for the issue of return migration. Within this framework, return to the home country is understood as having an increasingly less permanent nature. Transnational movement itself is conceived as a form of return, and the debate on the migration–development nexus considers circulation to foster devel…
Humanitarianism as Politics
Humanitarianism is increasingly used to address migration in Europe, from search and rescue operations at sea to reception on land. Scholars often interpret humanitarianism as a means for states to depoliticize migration and prioritize securitization. In this article, I analyze perspectives on humanitarianism among civil society volunteers and workers who, alongside institutions, deliver humanitarian support to migrants. Civil initiatives in this…
Under the guise of resilience
Building “resilience” to insecurity and crisis is high on the European Union (EU) agenda. EU uptake of this buzzword is especially significant with regard to migration and forced displacement. Uncertainty, however, remains about what resilience is, how it translates into practice, and what its implications are. In this article, we analyze EU humanitarian and development policies and provide empirical insight into resilience-building in Jordan and…
Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal
The increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding contemporary forms of identification and belonging. Literature on the subject strongly challenges the notion of home as a fixed place, particularly where migration is concerned. The case study of Senegalese migration, however, contrasts this argument. Based upon ethnograph…
Return migration, entrepreneurship and development
In recent years, the prominence of ‘migration’ as a policy domain in many African countries has shifted from labour-export policies to so-called ‘diaspora policies’. In these policies, migration is emphasised as a key instrument to stimulate development, particularly through return to the homeland and migrant entrepreneurship. Despite much attention accorded to migrants’ agency and affiliated cultural aspects in the ‘migration and development nex…
Diasporic Cosmopolitanism and Conservative Translocalism
This article analyses narratives of nation and belonging developed by transnational migrants who are characterised as maintaining strong ties across the countries of origin and of immigration. Most literature on the issue suggests that transnational migrants develop new forms of deterritorialised belonging, recognising themselves in imagined communities and nations unbound. Against such an interpretation, this article argues that certain cities s…
Border as Mess
A growing body of scholarly work addresses the involvement, in migration governance, of civil society actors. Much of this literature highlights–within the bottom-up initiatives of NGOs, charities, volunteers and activists–the central role of hospitality and solidarity. Civil society initiatives are often contrasted to restrictive state policies and assumed to favour democratic integration. In this article, I question this interpretation in favou…
Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda
This article problematises protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees in contexts of state-condoned persecution against this group. Based on ethnographic evidence from Kampala, Uganda, we draw attention to the homogenising tendencies of centralised protection systems in cities in the global south, which are primarily centred on nationality-based communities. We examine the processes of social exclusion that …
Transnational Social Spaces
Recently completed doctorates in social and cultural geography
Diasporic Cosmopolitanism and Conservative Translocalism
This article analyses narratives of nation and belonging developed by transnational migrants who are characterised as maintaining strong ties across the countries of origin and of immigration. Most literature on the issue suggests that transnational migrants develop new forms of deterritorialised belonging, recognising themselves in imagined communities and nations unbound. Against such an interpretation, this article argues that certain cities s…
Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal
The increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding contemporary forms of identification and belonging. Literature on the subject strongly challenges the notion of home as a fixed place, particularly where migration is concerned. The case study of Senegalese migration, however, contrasts this argument. Based upon ethnograph…
Mobile transmigrants’ or ‘unsettled returnees’? myth of return and permanent resettlement among Senegalese migrants
The importance gained by transnationalism and growing attention for the development potential of migration have recently brought forward a new concern for the issue of return migration. Within this framework, return to the home country is understood as having an increasingly less permanent nature. Transnational movement itself is conceived as a form of return, and the debate on the migration–development nexus considers circulation to foster devel…
‘Come back, invest, and advance the country’
Since the early 2000s, policy debates and academic research on the linkages between migration and development have blossomed. Within this discussion, a particular focus is on the potential of return migrants’ investment in home economies. In origin countries, scholars have observed growing policy interest towards emigrant communities, highlighting that Southern governments have intensified their contacts with overseas diasporas and invite them to…
Migrants as agents of development
This article analyses how European governments and civil society actors engage diasporas in Europe as agents for the development of their countries of origin. Through a critical examination of diaspora engagement discourse and practice in various European countries, we identify three implicit understandings. First, development is conceived of as the planned activities of Western professional development actors; second, diasporas are seen as actua…
Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries
This article explores the topic of return migration as it is understood and practised by different actors who engage with this theme, albeit from different perspectives. Return migration is paraded in policy debates as a triple-win scenario, bringing advantages to receiving states, countries of origin and migrants. Yet this article reveals how return migration is understood differently by policymakers in Senegal and Europe and by the migrants tar…
Humanitarianism as Politics
Humanitarianism is increasingly used to address migration in Europe, from search and rescue operations at sea to reception on land. Scholars often interpret humanitarianism as a means for states to depoliticize migration and prioritize securitization. In this article, I analyze perspectives on humanitarianism among civil society volunteers and workers who, alongside institutions, deliver humanitarian support to migrants. Civil initiatives in this…
Under the guise of resilience
Building “resilience” to insecurity and crisis is high on the European Union (EU) agenda. EU uptake of this buzzword is especially significant with regard to migration and forced displacement. Uncertainty, however, remains about what resilience is, how it translates into practice, and what its implications are. In this article, we analyze EU humanitarian and development policies and provide empirical insight into resilience-building in Jordan and…
Return migration, entrepreneurship and development
In recent years, the prominence of ‘migration’ as a policy domain in many African countries has shifted from labour-export policies to so-called ‘diaspora policies’. In these policies, migration is emphasised as a key instrument to stimulate development, particularly through return to the homeland and migrant entrepreneurship. Despite much attention accorded to migrants’ agency and affiliated cultural aspects in the ‘migration and development nex…
Re-Thinking Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Kampala, Uganda
This article problematises protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees in contexts of state-condoned persecution against this group. Based on ethnographic evidence from Kampala, Uganda, we draw attention to the homogenising tendencies of centralised protection systems in cities in the global south, which are primarily centred on nationality-based communities. We examine the processes of social exclusion that …
Border as Mess
A growing body of scholarly work addresses the involvement, in migration governance, of civil society actors. Much of this literature highlights–within the bottom-up initiatives of NGOs, charities, volunteers and activists–the central role of hospitality and solidarity. Civil society initiatives are often contrasted to restrictive state policies and assumed to favour democratic integration. In this article, I question this interpretation in favou…
Emotional labour in midwifery care
This article explores midwives' engagement with emotional labour. Drawing on theorisation first proposed by Arlie Hochschild, we investigate how midwives display emotions to induce certain emotional states in the birthing woman and, while doing so, simultaneously regulate their own emotions. Inspired by recent work from within the field of midwifery science on ‘watchful attendance’, we understand midwivery care as uniquely combining both clinical…
Sparking Change
Anthropologists increasingly engage with healthcare systems, using ethnographic research as a critical tool for understanding and improving healthcare practices. The resulting interactions and collaborations between ethnographers, healthcare practitioners, and administrators often give rise to ‘frictions’—moments of tension, frustrations, misalignments, and misunderstandings. In physics, friction is the force that one object’s surface exerts over…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works)