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SUMMARY:Cultivating Intergenerational Ideals\; The Exchange of Photographs
  between Migrant Parents in Britain and their Children in The Gambia  - Dr
  Pamela Kea\,  Sussex University
DTSTART:20141117T170000Z
DTEND:20141117T180000Z
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:Many Gambians migrate to the United Kingdom to meet expectatio
 ns of intergenerational care\, which cannot be met at home given existing 
 economic conditions. Since many parents cannot afford to pay for childcare
  or sacrifice wages in order to look after their children\, they frequentl
 y take children back to The Gambia at the age of six months to three years
  - either for a few years or indefinitely - to be cared for by grandparent
 s and / or other extended family members\, thereby having to parent from a
  distance.  In turn\, they seek to build affective circuits– that is flo
 ws of goods\, money\, information\, love and advice through which they mai
 ntain these connections.  This paper examines the role of technology\, wit
 h a focus on the exchange of photographs\, in the maintenance and transfor
 mation of affective circuits. Following Fedyuk\, I argue that ‘…throug
 h exchange’ photographs ‘become a form of the relationship itself’ b
 ecause this exchange forms part of a larger exchange relationship that is 
 central to intergenerational relations\, ideals of parenting\, care and th
 e household moral economy.  At the same time\, parents’ and children’s
  use of technologies and photographs generate tension and conflict\, highl
 ighting the complexities of long distance relationships.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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