Relational geographies of human trafficking
Inequality, manoeuvring and im/mobility across space and time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8962827 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Magdalena Blazek (0000-0002-4629-4353, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne UK, corresponding author), James Esson (0000-0002-7076-5119, School of Social Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough UK), Darren Smith (0000-0003-0775-1221, School of Social Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough UK) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-78 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tran.12271 |
| OpenAlex | W2886296711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 65 |
This paper demonstrates why and how a fuller geographical perspective extends contemporary scholarship on human trafficking within and beyond the discipline. We employ a relational approach and draw on in‐depth qualitative research with trafficked persons and a range of stakeholders in Slovakia and the United Kingdom ( UK ), to depict how the processes underpinning human trafficking are non‐linear and operate instantaneously at multiple intersecting scales and temporalities and through diverse mobilities. The analysis problematises the discrete and homogeneous notion of space coupled with a linear conceptualisation of time and, more specifically, the normative portrayals of recruitment, transit and exploitation as distinct and sequential phases of human trafficking. Instead, the individuated experiences of trafficked persons are examined in relational geographies of inequality, manoeuvring and mobilities. Such a conceptual shift ensures that efforts to understand and combat human trafficking address its effects as well as the wider social relations and structural conditions that facilitate exploitation. We conclude the paper by outlining how a relational‐geographic perspective has the potential to foster new forms of dialogue and inquiry within and beyond the discipline
Criminology · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geography · Human trafficking · Inequality · Mobilities · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Temporalities · Underpinning · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |