Lothar Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lothar Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lothar |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2917-6854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unravelling Uncertainty After Displacement
Using a ‘homemaking’ rather than an ‘integration’ lens to study people's negotiations of space in new environments, we study post‐displacement homemaking processes of Syrian and Eritrean women in the Netherlands. Fleeing from different ordeals, these women arrived during the refugee‐protection crisis of 2015 and work to (re)arrange their social relations, pursue new livelihoods and meet various other goals important for feeling at home. Based on …
Cross-border Interaction Dynamics in the Everyday Life in Kalimantan Border, Indonesia
Cross-border activities in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, are often considered as coming forth out of insufficient regional development, necessitating cross-border engagements. This cross-border engagement is often appraised from a strong national sentiment by other Indonesian nationals. Yet, beyond the rhetoric on national versus regional development needs, little has been discussed on how border crossings are understood from the bor…
Introduction to Special Issue
This introduction to the Special Issue on Family Migration in Times of Crisis explains why the concept of crisis is a useful prism to uncover new insights into family migration. It recognizes the multivalent character of crises and their tendency to merge and accumulate into what has been called ‘polycrisis’. It recognises critical perspectives on the concept of ‘crisis’, that it represents interpretations of events rather than events themselves …
Imagining, Conceiving and Implementing Development
In the field of migration and development, the role of diasporas has been examined critically because of the political consequences and culturally informed moral norms often attached to their engagement with their country of origin. These shape the nature of their interactions. Drawing on two case studies of diaspora philanthropic interventions in post-war Sri Lanka, this article applies a post-development framework to study the complexities of t…
Beyond technocracy
Drawing on longitudinal research engagement with villages and government projects in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, we argue the case for a strong revamp of government policies on rural development. Thereby we suggest that the legitimacy of ascribing to policy a notion of “post-apartheid” is largely redundant as current development policies in rural South Africa have not changed sufficiently. Notably the underlying rationale behind go…
Climate migration myths
Women, Gender, Remittances and Development in the Global South
This book endeavours to take the conceptualisation of the relationship between transnational remittance exchanges and gender to a new level. Thus, inevitably, it provides a number of case studies of relationships between gender and remittances from around the world, highlighting different processes and practises. Thereby the authors seek to understand the impact of remittances on gender and gender relations, both at the sending as well as at the …
Constructing Homes, Building Relationships
Studies around the world have shown the interest of migrants to invest in houses in their countries of origin. Yet scholarly and political debates have mainly focused on the productivity of these investments, arguing that the money spent might have found more productive uses. We argue that this is too limited a view, as it fails to take into consideration two dimensions: Why do investments in houses take place, a question that is not only economi…
Transnational Migration and the Economy of Funerals
Migrants are increasingly leading transnational lives, impacting the institutions that shape local economies both in their place of residence and in their home communities. One example of this is the institution of funerals in developing countries. Funerals are becoming multi-sited events as migrants from developing countries play important roles in the organization, financing and practice of funeral ceremonies in their home countries. Funerals t…
Transnational Migration and the Economy of Funerals
Migrants are increasingly leading transnational lives, impacting the institutions that shape local economies both in their place of residence and in their home communities. One example of this is the institution of funerals in developing countries. Funerals are becoming multi-sited events as migrants from developing countries play important roles in the organization, financing and practice of funeral ceremonies in their home countries. Funerals t…
Constructing Homes, Building Relationships
Studies around the world have shown the interest of migrants to invest in houses in their countries of origin. Yet scholarly and political debates have mainly focused on the productivity of these investments, arguing that the money spent might have found more productive uses. We argue that this is too limited a view, as it fails to take into consideration two dimensions: Why do investments in houses take place, a question that is not only economi…
Introduction to Special Issue
This introduction to the Special Issue on Family Migration in Times of Crisis explains why the concept of crisis is a useful prism to uncover new insights into family migration. It recognizes the multivalent character of crises and their tendency to merge and accumulate into what has been called ‘polycrisis’. It recognises critical perspectives on the concept of ‘crisis’, that it represents interpretations of events rather than events themselves …
Imagining, Conceiving and Implementing Development
In the field of migration and development, the role of diasporas has been examined critically because of the political consequences and culturally informed moral norms often attached to their engagement with their country of origin. These shape the nature of their interactions. Drawing on two case studies of diaspora philanthropic interventions in post-war Sri Lanka, this article applies a post-development framework to study the complexities of t…
Transnational Migration and the Economy of Funerals
Migrants are increasingly leading transnational lives, impacting the institutions that shape local economies both in their place of residence and in their home communities. One example of this is the institution of funerals in developing countries. Funerals are becoming multi-sited events as migrants from developing countries play important roles in the organization, financing and practice of funeral ceremonies in their home countries. Funerals t…
Constructing Homes, Building Relationships
Studies around the world have shown the interest of migrants to invest in houses in their countries of origin. Yet scholarly and political debates have mainly focused on the productivity of these investments, arguing that the money spent might have found more productive uses. We argue that this is too limited a view, as it fails to take into consideration two dimensions: Why do investments in houses take place, a question that is not only economi…
Women, Gender, Remittances and Development in the Global South
This book endeavours to take the conceptualisation of the relationship between transnational remittance exchanges and gender to a new level. Thus, inevitably, it provides a number of case studies of relationships between gender and remittances from around the world, highlighting different processes and practises. Thereby the authors seek to understand the impact of remittances on gender and gender relations, both at the sending as well as at the …
Climate migration myths
Introduction to Special Issue
This introduction to the Special Issue on Family Migration in Times of Crisis explains why the concept of crisis is a useful prism to uncover new insights into family migration. It recognizes the multivalent character of crises and their tendency to merge and accumulate into what has been called ‘polycrisis’. It recognises critical perspectives on the concept of ‘crisis’, that it represents interpretations of events rather than events themselves …
Imagining, Conceiving and Implementing Development
In the field of migration and development, the role of diasporas has been examined critically because of the political consequences and culturally informed moral norms often attached to their engagement with their country of origin. These shape the nature of their interactions. Drawing on two case studies of diaspora philanthropic interventions in post-war Sri Lanka, this article applies a post-development framework to study the complexities of t…
Beyond technocracy
Drawing on longitudinal research engagement with villages and government projects in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, we argue the case for a strong revamp of government policies on rural development. Thereby we suggest that the legitimacy of ascribing to policy a notion of “post-apartheid” is largely redundant as current development policies in rural South Africa have not changed sufficiently. Notably the underlying rationale behind go…
Cross-border Interaction Dynamics in the Everyday Life in Kalimantan Border, Indonesia
Cross-border activities in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, are often considered as coming forth out of insufficient regional development, necessitating cross-border engagements. This cross-border engagement is often appraised from a strong national sentiment by other Indonesian nationals. Yet, beyond the rhetoric on national versus regional development needs, little has been discussed on how border crossings are understood from the bor…
Unravelling Uncertainty After Displacement
Using a ‘homemaking’ rather than an ‘integration’ lens to study people's negotiations of space in new environments, we study post‐displacement homemaking processes of Syrian and Eritrean women in the Netherlands. Fleeing from different ordeals, these women arrived during the refugee‐protection crisis of 2015 and work to (re)arrange their social relations, pursue new livelihoods and meet various other goals important for feeling at home. Based on …
Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)