Berracas caring. The birth, life and death of transnational families

This article focuses on transnational care and social protection arrangements in families scattered across their origin context, Colombia, and their migration contexts in France and Spain. It considers gendered caring practices and their evolution over long time frames, applying a life course and tr...

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Autores: Palash, Polina|||0000-0002-5370-4365, Souto-García, Andrea|||0000-0002-1727-9138, Oso, Laura|||0000-0003-1532-6196, Baby-Collin, Virginie|||0000-0003-2961-4324
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:318048
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/318048
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/psp.70071
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Colombia
Intergenerational care
Life course
Trajectory
Transnational families
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Sumario:This article focuses on transnational care and social protection arrangements in families scattered across their origin context, Colombia, and their migration contexts in France and Spain. It considers gendered caring practices and their evolution over long time frames, applying a life course and trajectory perspective. The article draws on a multi-sited ethnography conducted in Marseille, Madrid, A Coruña, Medellin and Bogota, with 31 members, mostly female, of three transnational families. Our research allows us to observe the transnational family in the various contexts the family members are located in-'here,' 'there' and 'beyond,'-encompassing intergenerational perspectives of the younger, adult or elderly respondents. The results show the birth, life and death of transnational families related to the evolution of family ties intertwined with the migratory, labour and life trajectories of its members, and with their care and social protection arrangements and the underlying tensions.