◆Speaker： Prof.HEIKE DROTBOHM / The head of Anthropology department at Mainz University of Mainz, Germany

◆Title: "Care and Reunification in a Cape Verdean Family: changing Articulations of Family and Legal Ties"

◆Abstract: This presentation looks at the interaction between transnational family relationships, on the one hand, and family-related immigration policies, on the other. Taking the conflicting concerns that arose between administrative decision-makers and family members during an attempt to reunite a Cape Verdean family spread across several countries as an example, the questions of what 'family' means, what relationships are included and the nature of the relationships involved answered differently by different actors will be shown. The presentation discusses the way in which the regulation of transnational mobility according to specific categories of eligibility is giving social t ies a concrete legal form which can run contrary to the social conventions and conceptions of migrants and their families. The focus is on both the normative categories that have repercussions for the core of the social sphere and on the family practices that react to these categorizations.

◆Date & Time: October 17th 2023 (Tue) 17:40～19:10(JST) / 8:40～10:10(GMT)

◆Venue:
Onsite ：Room303 at ILCAA., Tokyo University of Foreign Studies（ACCESS）& Online Zoom Meeting

◆Language: English

◆Admission: Free

Pre-registration is required.　→Pre-registration Form
Please scan the QR code or visit HP by Oct 15th.

The application will be closed as soon as the capacity reaches 30 for onsite and 300 for online.

We will send the Zoom Meeting information to the registered email address by Oct. 17, 2023 in the morning.

Contact: wakana[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Wakana Shiino@ILCAA)

◆Jointly organized by: The TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo), African Studies Center-TUFS, Kanto branch of Japan Association for African Studies

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