I left too late, I go back too often

Sentiments of belonging and home among Indian scholars in the United Kingdom

Bibliographic Data

ID2489239
AuthorsViviana Ferreira (0000-0001-9925-3304, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume17
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412020v17d702
OpenAlexW3111369422
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412020000100702
LanguageEN
References cited27

This paper addresses current notions of belonging amongst Indian scholars in social sciences building an academic career in the United Kingdom. Drawing on concluded PhD research in social anthropology, it articulates a multi-sited ethnography of centres of research and in-depth interviews. This research project acknowledges the fact that while the literature on circulations of scholars is vast and continues to grow, ethnographic studies on this matter are still rare. For this reason, this paper focuses on an ethnographic comprehension, based on everyday conversations and evocative situations, of these lives that are built in a context of mobility. Here, I address notions of diaspora, global citizenship and cosmopolitanism as relevant hermeneutic tools for the comprehension of transnational sentiments of belonging amongst these scholars. At stake are intersectional elements that include class, gender, origin and caste, in the construction of transnational academic circulations

Caste · Citizenship · Comprehension · Context (archaeology · Cosmopolitanism · Diaspora · Ethnography · Kingdom · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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