“When Your Child Gets Easy Money, It Feels Good Being a Mom”: Thai migrations and wild-berry picking in northern Sweden as a form of social reproduction

The present article explores ‘free’ wild-berry picking in Sweden, as experienced by Thai migrants. Thai women with permanent residence permits in Sweden pick and sell wild berries to earn extra income during the summer holidays. They also invite seasonal migrants who provide the wild-berry industry...

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Published in:Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Main Author: Sörensson, Erika
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2015
Subjects:
migrant labour
wild-berry industry
gender
social reproduction
Thailand
Northern Sweden
Online Access:https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/178
https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2015-0026
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spelling ftjnjmr:oai:ojs.journal-njmr.org:article/178 2023-05-15T17:44:30+02:00 “When Your Child Gets Easy Money, It Feels Good Being a Mom”: Thai migrations and wild-berry picking in northern Sweden as a form of social reproduction Sörensson, Erika 2015-12-01 application/pdf https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/178 https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2015-0026 eng eng Helsinki University Press https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/178/173 10.1515/njmr-2015-0026 https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/178 doi:10.1515/njmr-2015-0026 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). CC-BY-NC-ND Nordic Journal of Migration Research; Vol 5, No 4 (2015); 207-214 1799-649X migrant labour wild-berry industry gender social reproduction Thailand info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftjnjmr https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2015-0026 2022-06-16T18:16:58Z The present article explores ‘free’ wild-berry picking in Sweden, as experienced by Thai migrants. Thai women with permanent residence permits in Sweden pick and sell wild berries to earn extra income during the summer holidays. They also invite seasonal migrants who provide the wild-berry industry with berries, but who have no formal employment. This private form of organising berry picking can be understood as a strategy, in that women with heavy social and financial responsibilities have found a way of maintaining the social reproduction of their Thai families and helping them earn important additional incomes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Nordic Journal of Migration Research Nordic Journal of Migration Research 5 4 207
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gender
social reproduction
Thailand
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wild-berry industry
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Thailand
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“When Your Child Gets Easy Money, It Feels Good Being a Mom”: Thai migrations and wild-berry picking in northern Sweden as a form of social reproduction
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social reproduction
Thailand
description The present article explores ‘free’ wild-berry picking in Sweden, as experienced by Thai migrants. Thai women with permanent residence permits in Sweden pick and sell wild berries to earn extra income during the summer holidays. They also invite seasonal migrants who provide the wild-berry industry with berries, but who have no formal employment. This private form of organising berry picking can be understood as a strategy, in that women with heavy social and financial responsibilities have found a way of maintaining the social reproduction of their Thai families and helping them earn important additional incomes.
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