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Affective Friendship that Constructs Globally Spanning Transnationalism: The Onward Migration of Filipino Workers from South Korea to Canada

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  • Toshiko Tsujimoto

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This article explores how affective friendship of migrant Filipino workers constructs transnationalism that overarches different host countries. Following a sequence of ‘mobility and sedentariness’ through ‘multi-sited ethnography’ methods, I discuss the affective friendship that emerges out of a specific sociocultural context in Korea, namely activities of the Catholic congregation. I also demonstrate that such friendship is accompanied by onward migration to Canada through the transfer of ties in a new social setting. Moving beyond the duality of home and abroad, this study reveals that migrants’ transnationalism exhibits cosmopolitanism through the reconfiguration of their compatriot friendship into globally spanning, multi-local ties.

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  • Toshiko Tsujimoto, 2016. "Affective Friendship that Constructs Globally Spanning Transnationalism: The Onward Migration of Filipino Workers from South Korea to Canada," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(2), pages 323-341, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:11:y:2016:i:2:p:323-341
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2014.922362
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    1. Laavanya Kathiravelu & Tim Bunnell, 2018. "Introduction: Urban friendship networks: Affective negotiations and potentialities of care," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(3), pages 491-504, February.
    2. Darya Malyutina, 2018. "Friendship in a ‘Russian bar’ in London: An ethnography of a young Russian-speaking migrant community," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(3), pages 589-604, February.
    3. Nunzia Cristo & Cynthia Akwei, 2023. "‘Wish to Dream’ Fulfilment: the Motivations for Onward Migration," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 989-1016, September.

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