ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the emplacement of experience as a starting point to discuss migrant lives in the setting of ethnic neighbourhoods in cities such as Melbourne and Sydney. The classic account of Australian migrant experiences is Martin Heidegger (1978) The Migrant Presence. Recent data indicates that 68" of all Australians live in major cities. Hence for many Australians, their experiences are rooted in the cities which they inhabit. In terms of the material, Randolph has sought to identify the impact of globalisation on the physical fabric and infrastructure of Australian cities. The concept of globalisation has relevance for understanding the ways that experiences are framed as it provides a way of making explicit the interconnectedness of place and subjectivity. Glick Schiller and Çağlar argue that researchers on migration have paid insufficient attention to the ways in which the transformations brought about by global neo-liberal policies have impacted on individual actors including migrants.
