'My away is here': place, emplacement and mobility amongst British Bengali children

The paper focuses on the ways in which children negotiate complex transnational identities and roles. Based on research amongst Bangladeshi children living in East London in families who maintain transational linkages with Bangladesh, the paper draws attenetion to the ways in whcih British-born Bangladeshi children are mobile not only across places but also across time. The paper also draws on Katz' notion of 'emplacement', with its focus on political and economic processes, and indicates the significance of children's mobility