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Seasonal Migration and Circular Turmoil: A Geographic Narrative of Brick Factory Migrant Workers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Shrestha, Rupak Prasad
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-1779
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438301572

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2015, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
Uneven development and urban bias has re-enforced rural to urban migration in Nepal. Such mobility – mostly conceived as economic, but also gendered, political and social - influences migrant livelihoods. I track the everyday geographic, social, and political challenges faced by brick factory migrant workers who are continuously pushed through economic and extra-economic means towards the periphery of urban spaces. I examine how seasonal migration affects migrants’ own understandings of development. I also discuss the processes through which brick factory migrant workers negotiate their rights in the migration process. I contend that migrant workers are confined to marginalized spaces of the city and are deprived of means to enhance their capabilities and livelihoods; they negotiate their rights directly with a middle-man, therefore, the owners have little to no liability for migrants’ safety; and, migrant mobilities trace a vector from the rural periphery to the urban periphery (margins of the city).
Stanley Toops, Dr. (Advisor)
Ian Yeboah, Dr. (Committee Member)
Janardan Subedi, Dr. (Committee Member)
54 p.
Asian Studies; Cultural Anthropology; Geography
internal migration; development; Nepal; Kathmandu; brick factory; labor

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  • Shrestha, R. P. (2015). Seasonal Migration and Circular Turmoil: A Geographic Narrative of Brick Factory Migrant Workers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438301572

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shrestha, Rupak. Seasonal Migration and Circular Turmoil: A Geographic Narrative of Brick Factory Migrant Workers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. 2015. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438301572.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shrestha, Rupak. "Seasonal Migration and Circular Turmoil: A Geographic Narrative of Brick Factory Migrant Workers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438301572

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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