Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations
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Resumo: | Many youth in Global South countries, whose parents have migrated abroad while they have stayed, i.e., “stayer youth,” also aspire to migrate. While the current literature depicts stayer youth as “waiting” to emigrate, connoting passivity, recent critical youth studies suggest the importance of centring young people’s agency when focusing on their aspirations and experiences. This article investigates how stayer youth in Ghana “pace” their migration aspirations while “waiting.” By observing how youth change their aspirations over time, we first distinguish between different aspirations according to when youth first aim to migrate. Second, we “follow” stayer youth after their secondary school graduation to understand how they seek to fulfil their migration aspirations and the strategies they adopt therein. We use ethnographic data from 38 Ghanaian “stayer” young people. Our analyses show that stayer youth adapt their decision‐making when they realise some misalignment between their migration aspirations and capabilities. By analysing their adaptation strategies, we emphasise stayer youth’s agency despite structural forces confining them to what has been called “waithood.” |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration AspirationsGhana; international parental migration; “left‐behind” youth; migration aspiration; waithoodMany youth in Global South countries, whose parents have migrated abroad while they have stayed, i.e., “stayer youth,” also aspire to migrate. While the current literature depicts stayer youth as “waiting” to emigrate, connoting passivity, recent critical youth studies suggest the importance of centring young people’s agency when focusing on their aspirations and experiences. This article investigates how stayer youth in Ghana “pace” their migration aspirations while “waiting.” By observing how youth change their aspirations over time, we first distinguish between different aspirations according to when youth first aim to migrate. Second, we “follow” stayer youth after their secondary school graduation to understand how they seek to fulfil their migration aspirations and the strategies they adopt therein. We use ethnographic data from 38 Ghanaian “stayer” young people. Our analyses show that stayer youth adapt their decision‐making when they realise some misalignment between their migration aspirations and capabilities. By analysing their adaptation strategies, we emphasise stayer youth’s agency despite structural forces confining them to what has been called “waithood.”Cogitatio2022-11-10info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i4.5662oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5662Social Inclusion; Vol 10, No 4 (2022): Life Course Justice and Learning; 129-1372183-2803reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/5662https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i4.5662https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/5662/5662https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/downloadSuppFile/5662/2610Copyright (c) 2022 Onallia Esther Osei, Valentina Mazzucato, Karlijn Haagsmaninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOsei, Onallia EstherMazzucato, ValentinaHaagsman, Karlijn2022-12-20T11:00:31Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5662Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:00.836781Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations Osei, Onallia Esther Ghana; international parental migration; “left‐behind” youth; migration aspiration; waithood |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations |
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Osei, Onallia Esther |
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Osei, Onallia Esther Mazzucato, Valentina Haagsman, Karlijn |
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Mazzucato, Valentina Haagsman, Karlijn |
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Osei, Onallia Esther Mazzucato, Valentina Haagsman, Karlijn |
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Ghana; international parental migration; “left‐behind” youth; migration aspiration; waithood |
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Ghana; international parental migration; “left‐behind” youth; migration aspiration; waithood |
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Many youth in Global South countries, whose parents have migrated abroad while they have stayed, i.e., “stayer youth,” also aspire to migrate. While the current literature depicts stayer youth as “waiting” to emigrate, connoting passivity, recent critical youth studies suggest the importance of centring young people’s agency when focusing on their aspirations and experiences. This article investigates how stayer youth in Ghana “pace” their migration aspirations while “waiting.” By observing how youth change their aspirations over time, we first distinguish between different aspirations according to when youth first aim to migrate. Second, we “follow” stayer youth after their secondary school graduation to understand how they seek to fulfil their migration aspirations and the strategies they adopt therein. We use ethnographic data from 38 Ghanaian “stayer” young people. Our analyses show that stayer youth adapt their decision‐making when they realise some misalignment between their migration aspirations and capabilities. By analysing their adaptation strategies, we emphasise stayer youth’s agency despite structural forces confining them to what has been called “waithood.” |
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