Authors applying the concept of translocality commonly base their writings on the insights
of transnational approaches. Following the shift toward a more “grounded transnationalism”
(Brickell and Datta 2011a, p. 3), they are concerned with local contexts and the situatedness
of mobile actors. At the same time, they expand their analytical focus beyond the limits of the
nation-state (Oakes and Schein 2006b) by focusing on various other dimensions of border
transgressions and on socio-spatial configurations beyond those induced by human migration
(Gottowik 2010; Uimonen 2009). This move has been long overdue for various reasons.