CASTELLANI , Simone

Dominant political discourse on migrants' children in Spain, as well as in other countries, points at sport as a main resource for "integration" in the host society. The use of sport should promote the "suspension" of differences between the majority of the population and the existing ethnic minorities. The literature on migrants' sports...

During the last years, the freedom of movement in the EU has represented a chance for the workers of Peripheral-countries, affected by the economic crisis, to find employment opportunities in the Core-countries. However, right in these countries the requests to limit EU citizens' mobility and welfare access are becoming stronger. Drawing from...

The last economic recession has exposed significant differences among EU countries revealing strong core–periphery dynamics. Freedom of movement in the EU has represented an opportunity for workers from peripheral countries to find better employment opportunities in the core countries. However, the mobility of EU workers has been questioned and...

This article analyzes how Southern European workers create bricolage by combining creatively organized practices of collective action, such as those of conventional labor unions, with self-created practices when facing oppressive labor relations and widespread downgrading of social mobility. We compare two cases of networks formed by Spanish...

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the lockdowns brought about the loss of labour and social rights for many migrant women working in highly informal employment sectors. Drawing on digital ethnography, this article examines the role of migrant women in political mobilization within migrant associations during 2020 in Spain, when online...

Reseña de: PONS RODRÍGUEZ, LOLA (2012). El paisaje lingüístico de Sevilla. Lenguas y variedades en el paisaje urbano hispalense. Sevilla: Diputación de Sevilla, 311 pp.

On the whole, Latin American migration currently represents the highest percentage of migration into the Spanish state. This situation results from a series of factors, combined in both the points of origin and destination, and relating to the economic policies of the emitting and receiving countries within the framework of globalization....

Ecuadorian migration to Spain can be described as an emblematic case of feminization of international migration. As the scholarship showed, this migration flow has been shaped by transnational female social networks in which different types of capital circulate and which are re-produced across generations, providing social protection for people...

En este artículo nos centraremos en el análisis de los datos de investigaciones diferentes, aunque conectadas entre si, llevadas a cabo por miembros del Grupo de Investigación para el Estudio de las Identidades Socioculturales en Andalucía (GEISA) sobre las mujeres inmigrantes latinoamericanas y africanas en la...