Trapped bodies,moving minds: Uncertainty and migration among marginalised urban youth in Ethiopia |
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| Authors: | Vicky Johnson Melese Getu Milki Getachew Amid Ahmed Andy West |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Remote and Sustainable Communities, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK;2. College of Social Sciences, School of Social Work, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;3. Anthropology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK;4. Department of Sociology, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia;5. University of Brighton, Brighton, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper from YOUR World Research highlights and explores the role of positive uncertainty in lives, strategies and transitions towards adulthood of marginalised children and youth in two urban locations in Ethiopia. Young men and women embraced notions of positive uncertainty, making journeys to street situations and internationally in search of more hopeful futures. While youth navigate uncertainty positively in the short term, the research suggests this is temporal and their agency relational and embedded. They seek support from peers but still want to belong and be accepted by their families and communities. |
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| Keywords: | international childhoods labour migration uncertainty youth |
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