22-23 October 2018 Migration as adaption for whom? : - for the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

« « WHIC ICH INFL FLUE UENC NCE E OF INTERN TERNATION TIONAL L MIGRA RATION TION TO SOCI CIAL L AN AND EN ENVI VIRONME ONMENT NTAL RES ESIL ILIENCE IENCE? ? THE E QUES ESTION TION OF RISK K INEQU EQUALITI LITIES S IN NORTHERN HERN SEN ENEGAL » »

Samuel LIETAER International conference - Paris 22-23 October 2018

• 1. Research question and

background

Migration as adaption – for whom? :

• for the migrants themselves
• For the comm

mmunity unity of origin in

• For the destination community

(Gemenne & Blocher, 2017) + ‘Envi-scapes’ (from Aduparai; Newman)? What is the role of international mobility in terms of adaptation and resilience to environmental changes ? How and to which extent do the communities of origin perceive ive migra rants ts' remit itta tances es (both material and immaterial) as a way to support resilience and adaptation to environmental changes?

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• 2. Data and Methodology – 1st Field work in Matam Region

➢ By assess sessin ing g the e exten ent, t, actual ual and nd pot

• tential

ntial end nd us use of remittances mittances (ind ndivid ividual al + c collec lectiv tive) e): :

✓ materia erial remi mittances tances (funds / money, materials, ...) ✓ non-mat ateri erial al remi mitt ttanc ances es (social, political, cultural) ✓ Inves estm tments ents (‘productive’ and ‘non-productive’) ➢ Semi mi-direc rected ed qu questionn estionnai aires res (20 returnees; 88 non-migrants, among which 37 with member abroad) + Focus us groups ups (23) + next year: consolidation – evt. with closed questions (cf MECLEP)? ➢ Direct observation - Mapping of initiatives per category ■ Sampl pling ng (cri riterion erion-based based) : ✓ Key resource informants ✓ Individuals from different economic sectors & activities, with particular attention to agriculture (purposeful; quota; snowballing) ✓ Gender-balanced – in terms of focus groups; but more men for interviews (household heads)

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• 3. Key findings and implications

Influence of migration on social al vulnerabili rability y to social-ecological changes: Striking differences between households and villages with and (almost) without member ers abroad – ‘winners’ and ‘losers’… More polit itical ical repres esenta entation tion in more resilient villages and households (remittance- interactions) influence agency and structure Conceptual tual relevan ance for combin inin ing :

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Political ecology

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Resilience

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Translocality (cf. Translocal Sustainable livelihood strategies – Schöfberger, 2017) Well-being perspectives?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ☺

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