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dc.contributor.authorLaurie, Nina
dc.contributor.authorRichardson, Diane
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T09:30:02Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T09:30:02Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.identifier.citationLaurie , N & Richardson , D 2021 , ' Geographies of stigma : post-trafficking experiences ' , Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers , vol. 46 , no. 1 , pp. 120-134 . https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12402en
dc.identifier.issn0020-2754
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 257703109
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 3ed54104-ff51-4806-822d-b2117f38169d
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-0081-1404/work/77525160
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85091044541
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000569718100001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/20638
dc.descriptionFunding: UK Economic and Social Research Council (Grant Number(s): RES-062-23-1490).en
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the relationship between human trafficking and geographies of stigma. We introduce post-trafficking contexts as important settings for understanding how geographical imaginaries underpin the everyday occurrence of stigma for those who have experienced human trafficking. We show how a focus on trafficking can speak back to some of the core migration literatures in Geography, highlighting new agendas with a particular focus on the how, where and why of stigma. The paper draws on qualitative research in Nepal and interviews with 46 women who have experienced trafficking, to explain how geographies of stigma circumscribe the agency of returnees and affect their livelihoods and mobilities. It examines themes of spatial differentiation, territorialisation and scalar processes in relation to the production and navigation of stigma. It shows how post-trafficking is given meaning and expressed through spatial form and relations, which become manifest in scalar hierarchies of stigma. The argument highlights how these hierarchies are anchored through trafficking routes and destinations. It contrasts village and city settings as potential sites of return, bringing centre stage the role of the city in mediating returnee’s experiences. The analysis indicates how the categories of migrant and trafficked women are co-produced through bureaucratisation processes. The documents and identificatory practices at the heart of state and non-state interventions help produce the terms of in/visibility and social recognition for migrant women who often want to remain hidden. At the same time, they also reproduce some of the practices and mechanisms that underpin trafficking, thereby shaping the rejection, harassment and abuse that comes with geographies of stigma for returnee women.
dc.format.extent15
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofTransactions of the Institute of British Geographersen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020 The Authors. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.subjectHuman traffickingen
dc.subjectNepalen
dc.subjectPost-traffickingen
dc.subjectReturneeen
dc.subjectReturn migrationen
dc.subjectStigmaen
dc.subjectQualitative researchen
dc.subjectG Geography (General)en
dc.subjectHM Sociologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subjectSDG 5 - Gender Equalityen
dc.subjectSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growthen
dc.subjectSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutionsen
dc.subject.lccG1en
dc.subject.lccHMen
dc.titleGeographies of stigma : post-trafficking experiencesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Equality, Diversity & Inclusionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12402
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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