Full Title
Pacific Geographies
Publisher
Association of Pacific Studies
ISSN
2196-1468 (Printed Journal)
2199-9104 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
58
Journal Issue Date
2022
Full Title
Explorations into Micronesian Mobility: Transforming Family and Home across Borders
Subtitle
Introduction to the Special Issue
By (author)
Number of Pages
7
First Page
4
Last Page
10
Language of text
English
Publication Date
2022
Main description
This article introduces a collection of essays on Micronesian mobility with a particular focus on family- and home-making discourses and practices. The special issue starts from the assumption that Oceania remains by and large invisible in the broader context of Mobility and Migration Studies despite observations that rural-urban, interisland and transborder mobility feature prominently in the lives of many Pacific Islanders and that existing transnational social fields take at times global scales beyond the Pacific. In this light, the special issue builds on ethnographic explorations and empirical case studies of Micronesian mobility and wishes to open the floor for a renewed discussion on its relevance both within scholarship on Oceania and mobility and migration research more generally.