Suspending, settling, sponsoring : the intimate chronomobilities of young Asian migrants in Australia

Shanthi Robertson

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Abstract

In this article, I develop the concept of ‘intimate chronomobilities’ to understand some of the intersections between the temporalities of intimate relationships and of migration in the lives of young and ‘middling’ transnational migrants from Asia to Australia. Drawing on in-depth interview data, I reveal how romantic partnerships are highly significant to experiences of transnational mobility, and how such experiences take place in the context of a governance regime in Australia in which migration has become increasingly transient, transitionary and transitory, and in which sponsored partner and spouse visas can secure migration futures. The analysis explores how the lived and imagined timelines and timings of intimate partnerships play highly significant roles in defining and structuring migrants’ mobilities, and reveals how intimate chronomobilities of ‘suspending, settling and sponsoring’ are understood by migrants through lived experiences of sequence, synchronicity and tempo.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)677-696
Number of pages20
JournalGlobal Networks
Volume20
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Asians
  • Australia
  • immigrants
  • transnationalism
  • youth

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