This week’s readings challenge the positive narrative surrounding transnational actors. Dietze and Neumann show that the “transnational” is not a free-floating space, arguing that actors remain embedded in layered socio-spatial contexts even as they build cross-border connections. Similarly, Alcalde argues
Week 4
This week’s readings prompted me to think about one of the most visible contemporary expressions of transnational life, which would be digital nomads. Having travelled to Bali and noticing the place filled with expats living ‘borderless’ lives on Instagram (working
WEEK 3
This week’s reading made me rethink what global history looks like in practice. Instead of just being about connections between different parts of the world, it seemed to be more about how power, knowledge and identity are produced through those