Translocal Homes
The first register of affiliation this book delves deeper into is the home-(land) and
its connections to different geographic scales. Home as a concept is primarily
understood both as a physical location of dwelling as well as a space of belonging
and identity. To date, research on migrant homes have privileged migration to the
USA and post-colonial migration to former colonizing nations, tending to focus
primarily on a ‘loss of home’ because of the nature of their migration as refugees
or asylum seekers, whose return to a previous home was rendered difficult (Koser
2007). Yet, non-refugee transnational mobility suggests a more complex picture
– indeed migrants are far more engaged in their own mobility, making strategic
decisions in order to capitalize on their social and cultural networks and gain