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- Caretta, Martina Angela, et al.
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“What kept me going was stubbornness” : Perspectives from Swedish early career women academics in geography
- 2016
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Ingår i: Investigaciones Feministas. - 2171-6080. ; 7:2, s. 89-113
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The rise of neoliberalism is creating inequalities for women as they balance their private lives and career trajectories. Geography as a middle sized discipline bridging the social and physical sciences offers insights into the ways neoliberal policies are felt by early career women (ECW). Using a life course model, this study presents the results of a workshop which sought to explore the ways in which women geographers, in Sweden, perceive and experience obstacles in their career advancement and which coping strategies they put in place to overcome those. The results show the blurring of the ECW ´s work and private lives. We find the experiences of ECW in Swedish geography departments are consistent with those of women in other countries. We conclude that ECW carry extra burdens in their career trajectories as academics due to increasingly neoliberal working environments, lack of mentorship, and an increasing pressure to produce measurable outputs and precarious employment. We argue that initiatives and programs aimed at retaining women in academia need to take on a broader perspective acknowledging the entanglement of women´s private and public spheres.
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- Webster, Natasha Alexandra, 1978-
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Gender and Social Practices in Migration : A case study of Thai women in rural Sweden
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Set within discussions of gender, migration and social practices, this thesis explores the ways in which Thai women migrants to Sweden build connections between rural areas through their daily activities. Arriving in Sweden primarily through marriage ties, Thai women migrants are more likely to live in Swedish rural areas than in urban areas. Rural areas are typically not seen as a site of globalization or as receivers of international migrants. In contrast to these perceptions, the case of Thai women migrants in the Swedish countryside reveals a complex and vigorous set of social practices that connect rural Sweden across spatial and temporal scales.The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which Thai migrant women construct and implement social practices spatially and temporally. Drawing on the life stories of 16 Thai women living in Sweden, along with other sources of empirical data analysed within feminist epistemologies, this thesis discusses: In what ways does gender shape migrant social practices? How are social practices constructed within individual migrant micro-geographies? By what means are migrant social practices contextualized by spaces and places?Thai women migrants are gendered agents of these social practices and are utilizing specific resources, objects and networks to bridge the distances found in their daily lives. The empirical material examined in this thesis points to the importance of women’s everyday social practices in connecting and linking rural areas globally at different spatial and temporal scales.The results highlight the importance of a translocalism perspective to understanding gendered social practices. This study adds to the translocal discussion by demonstrating that social practices are embedded in multiple geographic sites and scales. Thai women migrants, in this study, emerge as significant actors in global countrysides and do the functional work of bringing spaces and places together daily and through their life course.This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and five papers. The introductory chapter outlines the context and theoretical approaches to understanding Thai migration flows to Sweden. The papers share an emphasis on local sites: homes, workplaces and community. They examine different ways that women construct and build social practices – for example, through food, community projects and in developing their businesses.
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- Webster, Natasha Alexandra, 1978-
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Migrant women entrepreneurs and emotional encounters in policy fields
- 2020
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Ingår i: Emotion, Space and Society. - : Elsevier BV. - 1755-4586 .- 1878-0040. ; 37
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Drawing on 40 economic life course narrative interviews with migrant women entrepreneurs in Sweden from 26 countries, the aim of this paper is to explore the role of emotions while women navigate the Swedish policy field targeting entrepreneurs and thus asks, what role do emotions play in policy fields for migrant women entrepreneurs? Despite widespread acknowledgement that emotions are central to the entrepreneur's motivations and performance, the role of emotions in daily entrepreneurship remains under examined. Using the lens of emotional citizenry, I explore how emotions are part of the entrepreneurial process as seen through migrant women's encounters with various institutional and support actors. Entrepreneurial narratives reflect an embodied and affective subjectivity of interactions centering on individual encounters. I show that encountering a policy field is an emotional process for migrant women entrepreneurs analyzed under two broad scopes: hoping to succeed and hoping to be recognized. This study shows emotions as central to encounters in a policy field and therefore impact migrant women entrepreneurs' engagement in accessing entrepreneurial resources. This paper raises questions for further research on the role of emotion citizenry to understand policy fields.
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- Webster, Natasha Alexandra, 1978-, et al.
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Spicy Meatballs and Mango Sylt : Exploring translocal food practices in rural Sweden
- 2016
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- What role does food play in the migration process? The theme of this paper is to discuss how everyday practices in food preparation could be used as a tool for integration. Food practices effect in-migrant’s everyday life in rural Sweden and support transnational connections. Using rural areas as an example, our interest is on how food related practices are experienced by people with non-Swedish backgrounds and how they combine the experiences from their current rural locality with the practices in their place of origin. Immigrant’s spatial involvements are analysed in order to see to what extent culinary practices can be a channel for integration. Rural areas are of particular interest as the ingredients used for migrant’s culinary ambitions are seldom available. The pursuit of ingredients is an indication of how vital well-known meals are to in-migrant’s well-being. Food plays a special role in the daily lives of migrant women, both socially and economically. They serve as a connection across time and space linking sending and receiving places together. The article presents some examples of integration projects in rural areas and for one significant rural immigrant group in Sweden, namely Thai women. The food-related practices are analysed through the lens of a translocal understanding.
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- Webster, Natasha Alexandra, 1978-, et al.
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Thai women entrepreneurs in Sweden : Critical perspectives on migrant small businesses
- 2017
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Ingår i: Women's Studies. - : Elsevier BV. - 0277-5395 .- 1879-243X. ; 60, s. 17-27
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thai migrant women are an important and visible part of the small business community in Sweden, most notably through restaurants, massage spas and small shops. In this paper we explore the overlap between migration and entrepreneurship and position ourselves within the feminist entrepreneurial framework. We ask: which Thai women become entrepreneurs? How does being migrant women shape their entrepreneurial activities and practices? Our paper employs a mixed-method design to explore Thai migrant businesses, giving a detailed overview of which women become entrepreneurs based on register data, and providing space for the narratives of women. We find a gendered approach to understanding the business activities of Thai women business practitioners does challenge normative perspectives on entrepreneurship. We show that family structure, migration length, education and partner's labor market status all play important roles. Furthermore, we find that small businesses are sites of negotiation and contestation.
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