Migration and academic mobility of qualified Colombian Women, trans nationalization of affects and intimacy matters

Abstract

This paper aims to make visible the affective issues within the migration and transnational mobility of quali- fied women. From a qualitative perspective, the process of trans-nationalization of affects is analyzed in two different groups of Colombian women: the first with seven women who migrated south-north to form a bina- tional union with people from the global north. The second, with seven women who opted for a south-south academic mobility in a couple or family to Brazil. In both cases, the analysis emphasizes the negotiations on issues of love, money and professional career that they engage with themselves and with their partners, before and during migration/mobility; special attention is also given to how these matters related to intimacy are interrelated with global aspects, such as migration policies for the former and scientific policies for the latter. Additionally, important feminine agency frameworks are revealed in relation to the global, national and per- sonal limitations they face.