Hedberg and do Carmo (2012a) employ translocality to facilitate an understanding of
the relational dimensions of space created through mobility. Such an approach overcomes
the notion of container spaces and the dichotomy between “here” and “there”, between
“rural” and “urban” (Greiner 2010; Steinbrink 2009). Translocality thus refers to the emergence
of multidirectional and overlapping networks that facilitate the circulation of people,
resources, practices and ideas. Steinbrink (2009) draws on Giddens’ Structuration Theory (Giddens 1984) to point out that translocal networks are both structured by the actions of the people involved and at the same time provide a structure for these very actions (see also Greiner and Sakdapolrak 2012).