Fourthly, translocality emphasises significant spatial scales beyond the national entities and
their specific non-hierarchic interactions and configurations. In particular, it highlights the
importance of networked places, which are, in Doreen Massey’s words (1991, p. 28),
“constructed on a far larger scale than what we happen to define for that moment as place”.
Fifthly, translocality facilitates research on mobilities beyond human migration. By
addressing flows and circulations of ideas, symbols, knowledge, etc., it offers a stimulating
perspective from which to engage with subjects such as the impact of a globalising world on
non-migrants and the co-production of connectedness by mobile and immobile populations.
Finally, by placing an explicit emphasis on local conditions, translocality draws attention to
transformations of the physical and natural environment (e.g. farming systems, urban areas,
riparian zones). In so doing, translocal research can engage in the discussion on global environmental
change and strengthen the importance of the mobility of people, concepts and
resources within the debate. To conclude, this review demonstrates that translocality is a
dynamic and emerging field of research that is both a suitable and a timely means by which
to address socio-spatial dynamics in an increasingly mobile world.