CUTransitions Talks
Privileged female Migration from the Global South to the Global North.
A one-hour seminar including 15 minutes for discussion - an ethnographic case study of relatively privileged Colombian female migrants living in Melbourne, Australia.
Literature on relatively privileged female migrants from the Global South migrating to the Global North is scarce. However, with changing visa regimes more and more relatively privileged and high skilled women from the Global South move for reasons such as work, education, personal development or an adventure to countries of the Global North. Focusing on the life stories of three middle- to upper-class and white Colombian female migrants living in Melbourne, Australia this presentation traces how privilege unfolds transnationally. Focusing on privilege in female migration highlights the variety of experiences of women that migrate and sheds light on how migration shapes their social position and multiple identities.
Registrations essential via Iris Levin, ilevin@swin.edu.au
CUTransitions Talks are lunchtime learning sessions held at the Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne Hawthorn Campus. If you would like to register your interest in presenting your work in our weekly Talks, please contact Dr Iris Levin on ilevin@swin.edu.au.
Speaker bio:
Dr Viktoria Adler is an Anthropologist with a focus on intersectional approaches to identities, privilege and disadvantage in diverse societies. She completed her PhD in 2019 at the Centre for Urban transition. Viktoria is a Research Assistant at the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University of Technology were she currently works on Social Connection and Wellbeing projects. Her ethnographic field research experience spans Australia, Latin America and Europe.