Affective Friendship that Constructs Globally Spanning Transnationalism: The Onward Migration of Filipino Workers from South Korea to Canada. (14th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tsujimoto, Toshiko
• Is Part Of: Mobilities. Volume 11:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 323
• Page End: 341
• Publication Date: 2016-03-14
• Subjects: Affective friendship -- Transnationalism -- Onward migration -- Cosmopolitanism -- Migrant Filipino workers -- South Korea -- Canada; Transportation -- Periodicals; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2014.922362
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-0101

Abstract

Abstract: This article explores how affective friendship of migrant Filipino workers constructs transnationalism that overarches different host countries. Following a sequence of 'mobility and sedentariness' through 'multi-sited ethnography' methods, I discuss the affective friendship that emerges out of a specific sociocultural context in Korea, namely activities of the Catholic congregation. I also demonstrate that such friendship is accompanied by onward migration to Canada through the transfer of ties in a new social setting. Moving beyond the duality of home and abroad, this study reveals that migrants' transnationalism exhibits cosmopolitanism through the reconfiguration of their compatriot friendship into globally spanning, multi-local ties.