Mobile Agency and Relational Webs in Women's Narratives of International Study

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Vivienne; Cone, Tiffany; Rafferty, Rachel; Inoue, Naoko
Titel	Mobile Agency and Relational Webs in Women's Narratives of International Study
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 4, S.911-927 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Anderson, Vivienne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-021-00714-7
Schlagwörter	Females; College Students; Personal Autonomy; Study Abroad; Global Approach; Migration; Foreign Students; Refugees; Foreign Countries; Student Experience; Access to Education; New Zealand; Bangladesh + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Individuelle Autonomie; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Globales Denken; Flüchtling; Ausland; Studienerfahrung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Neuseeland; Bangladesch
Abstract	Internationalisation and forced migration are rarely thought about as related phenomena in higher education (HE) literature. Internationalisation is associated with movement, choice and brand recognition, and used in international rankings methodologies as a proxy for quality. Forced migration is associated not only with movement, but also with lack of choice, containment, or 'stuckness'. Some scholars have called for a rethinking of 'the international' through attention to students as mobile agents, and international study as situated within broader mobile lives. Our study responded to these calls through exploring the educational biographies of 37 international and refugee-background women students based in two universities: 21 in New Zealand and 16 in Bangladesh. Ten of the women were from refugee or refugee-like backgrounds, while the remainder were international students. The women's accounts revealed the complex ways in which circumstances shaped their educational journeys similarly and differently. One woman represented mobility in relation to autonomy and choice; but most emphasised relational webs as shaping their access to and experiences of international study, and post-study aspirations. In this paper, we draw on selected narratives to illustrate the range of ways in which family and/or community members appeared in women's accounts of their education journeys: as a source of (1) sustenance and support; (2) inspiration and motivation; and (3) obligation, and sometimes regulation. We conclude by suggesting that attention to the affective and embodied entanglements that shape students' international study journeys might inform new ways of thinking about both 'the international' and higher education more broadly. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01