Amrita Limbu
Biographic Data
| ID | 371074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amrita Limbu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amrita |
| FAMILY NAME | Limbu |
| SIGNATURE | LIMBU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1630-399X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A life path different from one of labour in the Gulf
Labour migration is commonly attached to the idea of a 'better' future for the migrants and their families, but there is less emphasis on how this does not materialize for many labour migrants. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Nepalis working in Qatar and select families in Nepal, this article focuses on the intergenerational migration cycle or migration as open-ended and ongoing across generations. While the Gulf migration scholarship has…
Badhyata and dukha
Badhyata (compulsion) and dukha (hardship) are central emotional frames that drive and characterise the migration of both education migrants and labour migrants from Nepal. Migration from Nepal, therefore, entails a compulsion, and the migration experience is often one of dukha. Taking the case of education migration to Australia and labour migration to Qatar from Nepal, this article examines how diverse migration conditions differently shape and…
Permanent Imaginaries of Return and Fluid Realities
Extending the line of analysis on migrants’ desires and aspirations to return, this article examines the meanings and emotions attached to the question of return in the context of two migrant groups from Nepal and China in Australia. While studies have delved into aspects of return associated with reintegration into the labour market, adjustment upon return, or social remittances, here we examine return as an embedded migration experience rather …
Hearts in Australia, Souls in Nepal
This article focuses on the intergenerational nature of migrants' aspirations and the emotions that attach to them. Drawing on Ahmed's (2014) notion of 'affective economies' that emphasises that emotions circulate and accumulate affective value, I show how aspirations attached to migration or the 'mobile aspirations' (Robertson, Cheng, & Yeoh 2018) are affectively experienced by their family. While studies have explored aspirations for permanent …
A life path different from one of labour in the Gulf
Labour migration is commonly attached to the idea of a 'better' future for the migrants and their families, but there is less emphasis on how this does not materialize for many labour migrants. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Nepalis working in Qatar and select families in Nepal, this article focuses on the intergenerational migration cycle or migration as open-ended and ongoing across generations. While the Gulf migration scholarship has…
Badhyata and dukha
Badhyata (compulsion) and dukha (hardship) are central emotional frames that drive and characterise the migration of both education migrants and labour migrants from Nepal. Migration from Nepal, therefore, entails a compulsion, and the migration experience is often one of dukha. Taking the case of education migration to Australia and labour migration to Qatar from Nepal, this article examines how diverse migration conditions differently shape and…
Hearts in Australia, Souls in Nepal
This article focuses on the intergenerational nature of migrants' aspirations and the emotions that attach to them. Drawing on Ahmed's (2014) notion of 'affective economies' that emphasises that emotions circulate and accumulate affective value, I show how aspirations attached to migration or the 'mobile aspirations' (Robertson, Cheng, & Yeoh 2018) are affectively experienced by their family. While studies have explored aspirations for permanent …
Hearts in Australia, Souls in Nepal
This article focuses on the intergenerational nature of migrants' aspirations and the emotions that attach to them. Drawing on Ahmed's (2014) notion of 'affective economies' that emphasises that emotions circulate and accumulate affective value, I show how aspirations attached to migration or the 'mobile aspirations' (Robertson, Cheng, & Yeoh 2018) are affectively experienced by their family. While studies have explored aspirations for permanent …
A life path different from one of labour in the Gulf
Labour migration is commonly attached to the idea of a 'better' future for the migrants and their families, but there is less emphasis on how this does not materialize for many labour migrants. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Nepalis working in Qatar and select families in Nepal, this article focuses on the intergenerational migration cycle or migration as open-ended and ongoing across generations. While the Gulf migration scholarship has…
Badhyata and dukha
Badhyata (compulsion) and dukha (hardship) are central emotional frames that drive and characterise the migration of both education migrants and labour migrants from Nepal. Migration from Nepal, therefore, entails a compulsion, and the migration experience is often one of dukha. Taking the case of education migration to Australia and labour migration to Qatar from Nepal, this article examines how diverse migration conditions differently shape and…
Permanent Imaginaries of Return and Fluid Realities
Extending the line of analysis on migrants’ desires and aspirations to return, this article examines the meanings and emotions attached to the question of return in the context of two migrant groups from Nepal and China in Australia. While studies have delved into aspects of return associated with reintegration into the labour market, adjustment upon return, or social remittances, here we examine return as an embedded migration experience rather …
Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Nepali (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)