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As Carsten notes, when the doing of kinship through care is important, then you don’t really need a long genealogical memory of descent. | As Carsten notes, when the doing of kinship through care is important, then you don’t really need a long genealogical memory of descent. | ||
- | * In the Pulau Langkawi community Carsten lived, few people had detailed knowledge of their ancestors, who were usually born elsewhere and migrated (Carsten 1995, 320). What matters are the horizontal ties of care in the present (Carsten 1995, 320). | + | * In the Pulau Langkawi community Carsten lived, few people had detailed knowledge of their ancestors, who were usually born elsewhere and migrated (Carsten 1995, 320). What matters are the horizontal ties of care in the present (Carsten 1995, 323). |
Imagine conducting a population survey or census in this community. Can you ask about parents and children? Does that matter to understanding people’s economic status, health, or residence? | Imagine conducting a population survey or census in this community. Can you ask about parents and children? Does that matter to understanding people’s economic status, health, or residence? | ||
- | * For the most part, demographers and other survey | + | * For the most part, demographers and other survey |
* They ask instead about the members of a household, a group of people living together, irrespective of how they are related. | * They ask instead about the members of a household, a group of people living together, irrespective of how they are related. | ||
* But even the idea of “living together” rests on some assumptions about daily routines, economic activity, and the overall social and economic structure of society. You wouldn’t ask people in Pulau Langkawi or Maimafu how long their commute to work is, would you? | * But even the idea of “living together” rests on some assumptions about daily routines, economic activity, and the overall social and economic structure of society. You wouldn’t ask people in Pulau Langkawi or Maimafu how long their commute to work is, would you? | ||
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Remittances are like an invisible global economy. Even where remittances are not prominent, they are very valuable to many millions of people. They are for many people the main and perhaps only involvment they have in global capitalism. And they are a major part of global capitalism itself. | Remittances are like an invisible global economy. Even where remittances are not prominent, they are very valuable to many millions of people. They are for many people the main and perhaps only involvment they have in global capitalism. And they are a major part of global capitalism itself. | ||
- | < | + | (For these facts about remittances, |
===== Stories of migration ===== | ===== Stories of migration ===== | ||
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===== In the migration story of reunification, | ===== In the migration story of reunification, | ||
- | Sending money home is often not about material or practical concerns. It is not an act of desparation; it’s a specific way of being a global worker, consumer, and citizen. | + | Sending money home is often not about material or practical concerns. It is not an act of desperation; it’s a specific way of being a global worker, consumer, and citizen. |
* A major purpose for remittances sent by Samoans living overseas is // | * A major purpose for remittances sent by Samoans living overseas is // |
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