MigYouBra · To leave or to stay? Rethinking the mobility of young people in Brazil
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2021-09-01 → 2024-08-31
- EU contribution
- €237,768
- Participants
- 2
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF
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Results in brief
To leave or to stay? Rethinking the mobility of young people in Brazil
The MigYouBra project is a research endeavor that examines the intricacies of transnational youth (im)mobility in the Governador Valadares Region of Minas Gerais (MGV), Brazil. The MGV region plays a significant role as a central hub of international migration within Brazil and has witnessed a substantial outflow of migrants. In MGV, migration extends beyond conventional boundaries, with numerous families having connections in the USA and PT. This intricate network of connections adds intricacy to the migration networks in MGV, granting young individuals diverse options to consider when making decisions about their mobility. Within this context, the MigYouBra project aims to address the empirical gap in understanding the mobility of young Brazilians from the MGV region. Its objective is to offer an updated and preliminary examination of transnational youth mobility with a distinctive focus on immobility. The project is designed to undertake a comprehensive analysis of these complex dynamics, providing valuable insights into the factors that influence the choices made by young individuals in MGV regarding mobility and immobility. The MigYouBra project establishes a solid foundation of knowledge that bridges existing research on mobility, immobility, internal and international migration, gender, and youth studies to enhance comprehension of youth mobility at the local and global levels through fieldwork, extensive literature reviews, data collection, and ethnographic research. As a result, it presents a new perspective on the discourse surrounding migration by illuminating the motivations behind young individuals' decisions to remain in their current environments. By examining transnational youth mobility, this project enhances our understanding of this complex phenomenon and lays the groundwork for future research and policy considerations in migration studies.
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Project objective
The recent migration research agenda emphasises the need to advance the conceptual framework to understand the unique circumstances of the “generation on the move”. In particular, researchers in the field stress the need to connect research on youth and migration studies. Research on immobility is also required to overcome the “mobility bias” that persists in migration studies. The central proposition of the MigYouBra project is to explore how young people in the Global South decide and manage to ""stay put"" in a context of high transnational mobility and how they perceive the desirability of staying put compared with that of migrating. The research will examine the different ways of staying put, investigating the motivations, degree of (in)voluntariness, and narratives of young people who remain. The project will be centered on Governador Valadares, the “national capital” of transnational migration in Brazil. The context of Governador Valadares allows focuses on the protagonism of youth migration, and its relation not only to transnational migration but also to mobility. The key research approach of the project is mixed-method ethnography based on field research and quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques. The multidisciplinary nature of the project is strong, combining approaches from geography, youth studies, migration studies, and ethnography. The project will create extra-European opportunities for long-term research partnership. This proposal includes both the transfer of knowledge to the host institution and the training of the candidates in new advanced research techniques. Project results will increase understanding the drivers of young people's migration while also developing and strengthening the research skills of the Experienced Researcher.""
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