Abstract

ORTIZ, Anna  and  MENDOZA, Cristóbal. Young Phd students from Europe and Latin America in Barcelona: migration experiences and everyday practices in the city. Finisterra [online]. 2016, n.102, pp.81-101. ISSN 0430-5027.  https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis6399.

Literature on international migration has partially studied student migration, which is seen as an outstanding migration flow in the current age of hypermobility. Even less explored is the study of the everyday experiences of this group and its relevance for understanding students - future migration patterns. This article fills a gap in the literature, and it focuses on the analysis of a group of foreign PhD students in Barcelona´s universities. Specifically it revolves around their motivations for emigration, everyday experiences in the city, as well as labour and life trajectories in the light of future expectations. Living abroad is regarded as a point of no return in young people´ s transitions towards independence and adulthood. The paper explores the complex process of leaving home in relation with their everyday spatial practices and experiences. In this regard, their everyday lives in Barcelona opens up previously unexpected personal choices, with the city offering many personal potentialities concerning alternative uses of public places

Keywords : Young PhD students; skilled migration; visual methods; Barcelona.

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