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Brokers, channels, infrastructure: moving migrant labor in the Indonesian-Malaysian oil palm complex

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  • Johan Lindquist

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This article problematizes the dichotomy between fluid mobility and fixed infrastructure through a case study of migrant labor recruitment from Indonesia to the Malaysian oil palm industry. Channels of low-skilled transnational migration must be understood in relation to other forms of mobility, most notably that of brokers, who move along adjacent and overlapping routes. Broker mobility is not only shaped by relatively immobile moorings, but also by more fluid ‘moorings’, notably mobile communication, low-cost airlines, and emergent social relationships. In order to understand how the migration process is arranged it is critical to pay attention to the logistical practices that make mobility possible. The article argues that broker mobility, diverse forms of moorings, and logistics come to shape a socio-technical system that can be understood in terms migration infrastructure.

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  • Johan Lindquist, 2017. "Brokers, channels, infrastructure: moving migrant labor in the Indonesian-Malaysian oil palm complex," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(2), pages 213-226, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:12:y:2017:i:2:p:213-226
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2017.1292778
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    1. Tilmann Heil, 2021. "Interweaving the Fabric of Urban Infrastructure: Senegalese City‐making in Rio de Janeiro," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(1), pages 133-149, January.
    2. Antona, Laura, 2023. "Cute face and quiet...but her look don't match her personality: commodifying flesh, shaping labour expectations, and domestic workers' treatment in Singapore," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 117350, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Rowland, Dominic & Zanello, Giacomo & Waliyo, Edy & Ickowitz, Amy, 2022. "Oil palm and gendered time use: A mixed-methods case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    4. Hartmann, Sarah, 2024. "Smoothness as a quality of care: An STS approach to transnational healthcare mediation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 347(C).

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