ABSTRACT
The mobility/dwelling nexus has more often been posited in response to a (post)modern condition of de-territorialization, of dislocated or uprooted identities, especially in light of increased physical mobility. There is no denying that mobility only exists in juxtaposition to immobility. However, they need not constitute polar opposites, as much as they represent opposite ends of a continuum that envisages not just the emplacement of mobile subjects in one or multiple places, but also the possibility of immobile subjects travelling imaginatively, not least due to the experiences of mobility around them. This chapter describes transnational practices through which migrants ‘travel in dwelling’ and ‘dwell in travelling’, which situate them in what I call a ‘home continuum’. However, it also demonstrates that despite the seemingly ‘natural’ way in which transnational movements evolve and become routinized in the lives of migrants and potentially create multiple homes, cultivating them requires a considerable degree of dedication. Highly educated migrants are not immune to the daily struggles of being away, but they cope with it by embracing a different approach to the mobility/dwelling nexus that perceives both as integral parts of daily life.
