Publication: Perspectivas sobre género, migraciones transnacionales y trabajo: rearticulaciones del trabajo de reproducción social y de cuidados en la Europa del Sur
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2016
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Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas UCM
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El presente trabajo trata de dar cuenta del “estado del arte” y de algunas de las principales cuestiones a debate en relación con la temática de las migraciones trasnacionales y el trabajo reproductivo en el sur de Europa. Se comienza realizando una genealogía del complejo desarrollo teórico que conduce a la consolidación del programa de investigación que vincula la consideración del género con las migraciones transnacionales y las transformaciones del trabajo y de las formas de supervivencia, tanto por lo que hace a los aspectos productivos como reproductivos, en un contexto de globalización. Se presenta el análisis del proceso de reconfiguración multiescalar de la reproducción social y los cuidados, con especial atención a su dimensión global actual, apuntando a que el turning point de esta línea de investigación habría tenido lugar con el inicio de este siglo, con el surgimiento de nociones como las de “cadenas globales de cuidados” (Hochschild, 2001), o “fuga de cuidados” (Ehrenreich y Hochschild, 2013). Asimismo, se reconoce el protagonismo de esta nueva agencia, compuesta ahora en muchos casos por mujeres, que migran a otros países o continentes, precisamente para ocuparse de estas actividades reproductivas. Por último, se alude a algunos de los nuevos desarrollos conceptuales y teóricos en esta materia.
This paper presents the "state of the art" and some of the main issues discussed in relation to the topic of transnational migration and reproductive work in southern Europe. We start doing a genealogy of the complex theoretical development leading to the consolidation of the research program, linking consideration of gender with transnational migration and transformation of work and ways of survival, thus making the production aspects as reproductive, in a context of globalization. The analysis of the process of multiscale reconfiguration of social reproduction and care, with particular attention to its present global dimension is presented, pointing to the turning point of this line of research that would have taken place with the beginning of this century, with the rise notions such as "global care chains" (Hochschild, 2001), or "care drain" (Ehrenreich and Hochschild, 2013). Also, the role of this new agency, now composed in many cases women who migrate to other countries or continents, precisely to address these reproductive activities, is recognized. Finally, reference is made to some of the new conceptual and theoretical developments in this area.
This paper presents the "state of the art" and some of the main issues discussed in relation to the topic of transnational migration and reproductive work in southern Europe. We start doing a genealogy of the complex theoretical development leading to the consolidation of the research program, linking consideration of gender with transnational migration and transformation of work and ways of survival, thus making the production aspects as reproductive, in a context of globalization. The analysis of the process of multiscale reconfiguration of social reproduction and care, with particular attention to its present global dimension is presented, pointing to the turning point of this line of research that would have taken place with the beginning of this century, with the rise notions such as "global care chains" (Hochschild, 2001), or "care drain" (Ehrenreich and Hochschild, 2013). Also, the role of this new agency, now composed in many cases women who migrate to other countries or continents, precisely to address these reproductive activities, is recognized. Finally, reference is made to some of the new conceptual and theoretical developments in this area.