'Small business as a transnational family strategy: A focus on Indian migrants in Australia & Singapore' a talk By Prof. Supriya Singh at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 2:30pm on 8th March 2014
Time : 2:30 pm
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Event Description : 'Small business as a transnational family strategy: A focus on Indian migrants in Australia and Singapore' a talk By Prof. Supriya Singh, Professor, Sociology of Communications, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
In this presentation I argue that small business is important for Indian migrants in Australia and Singapore as a strategy for keeping the transnational family together. This is in addition to business being an avenue for employment and economic mobility while also being a strategy for return. The family aspects of small business come through in stories of starting a family business in Australia as a way of supporting a joint or extended family in Australia. Managing or starting a small business in India; considering the option of joining the family business; or operating a businessin India as well as the country of destination are other ways of connecting the two parts of the transnational family. This presentation is focused on a preliminary analysis of open-ended interviews between November 2013 and February 2014 with 10 transnational families (8 bridging India and Australia and 2 India and Singapore) involving 40 persons. Interviews with another six migrants in Singapore, four in Australia and 11 families in India accounting for a total of 25 persons also contributed to the analysis.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Room No- 13, Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067
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Nearest Metro Stations - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)' & 'Delhi Aerocity(Orange Line)'
Nearest Metro Stations - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)' & 'Delhi Aerocity(Orange Line)'
In this presentation I argue that small business is important for Indian migrants in Australia and Singapore as a strategy for keeping the transnational family together. This is in addition to business being an avenue for employment and economic mobility while also being a strategy for return. The family aspects of small business come through in stories of starting a family business in Australia as a way of supporting a joint or extended family in Australia. Managing or starting a small business in India; considering the option of joining the family business; or operating a businessin India as well as the country of destination are other ways of connecting the two parts of the transnational family. This presentation is focused on a preliminary analysis of open-ended interviews between November 2013 and February 2014 with 10 transnational families (8 bridging India and Australia and 2 India and Singapore) involving 40 persons. Interviews with another six migrants in Singapore, four in Australia and 11 families in India accounting for a total of 25 persons also contributed to the analysis.
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'Small business as a transnational family strategy: A focus on Indian migrants in Australia & Singapore' a talk By Prof. Supriya Singh at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 2:30pm on 8th March 2014
!['Small business as a transnational family strategy: A focus on Indian migrants in Australia & Singapore' a talk By Prof. Supriya Singh at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 2:30pm on 8th March 2014]()
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