Conférence de Hiroki Igarashi «Onward lifestyle migration via the Global South»
11 mars 2024 11 h à 12 h 30
Lieu : Pavillon Charles-de Koninck, salle 5168
La Chaire de recherche sur les dynamiques migratoires mondiales et le CELAT vous invitent à assister à la conférence « Onward lifestyle migration via the Global South: The interplay of lifestyle and educational aspirations of Japanese families in Malaysia » que présentera en anglais Hiroki Igarashi (Chiba University) le lundi 11 mars 2024. Le professeur Matthew Hayes (Université Saint-Thomas) agira comme discutant.
Résumé de la présentation de Hiroki Igarashi
« The existing understanding of onward migration has discussed the mobilities of people from the Global South to the North and within the Global North. This presentation introduces a pattern of onward lifestyle migration from the Global North to the South and beyond, by employing the interview data of 46 middle- and higher-class Japanese families migrating to Malaysia with children. My presentation consists of three parts. First, I explore how the development of migration infrastructure has facilitated the mobilities of people from Japan to Malaysia for purposes such as international education, retirement, and property tourism. The second part examines how Japanese families make sense in choosing Malaysia. In particular, I focus on how they evaluate international education in Malaysia as “ideal” by referring to Japanese education. Lastly, I examine how they imagine and generate their future transnational mobilities–such as return, stepwise education, and stepwise lifestyle mobilities on regional and global scales– by negotiating their lifestyle and educational aspirations. »