Globalization and Migration: Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong as case study
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Globalization and Migration
Does it affect identity?Filipino domestic workers
in Hong KongA case study
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Overview of presentation
Brief description of identity
Our argument
Our case study What we did
Our findings What we discovered
Conclusion
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Our Argument:
Globalization
DOES affect individuals identity
Findings from our research bothreadings and interviews suggest
that the elements of the Filipinohousemaids identity which have
changed are:
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Our Argument:Globalization DOES affect individuals identity
Their perceptions of themselves and otherpeoples perceptions of them
Their expectations of themselves in Homecountry and abroad
Their freedoms, opportunities & pressures
Their status as an overseas worker bothhere and on their return
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Perceptions of themselvesand other peoples perceptions
of themDisadvantages of working in Hong Hong
Discrimination
Far from family
All factors
Quals irrellivant
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Perceptions of themselves andother peoples perceptions of them
Why do when they have high educationalattainment do they work as a maids?
By 1956, the Philippines had the secondhighest number of students per 100000
population in the world
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Discrimination and abuseSome Pilipino maids are abused by theiremployers
Also:
Language
Skin colour
NationalityJob
Culture
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Make ends meet
Free trade
Globalization of neoliberalism
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Domestic (Philippines)
government Job opportunity
Abroad (Hong Kong)
Wage
Working condition
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The expectation of Filipino in abroad
Better pay
Better working condition
Better job prospects
other
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export large amount of labor
to work abroad
remittance flows
become the
second-largestsource
Lack of job
opportunity
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Contributing much more to the
family and their own life
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changed
the
identity
neoliberal
Domestic
Abroad
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How many Filipinos in HK view
themselves as heroes?
yes
no
unsure
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Why do the Filipinos in HKview themselves as heroes?
the government describes overseas workers
as heroes of the nation. to further
encourage the outflow of contract workers
all Filipinos are encouraged to take pride in
these heroes.
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Why do the Filipinos in HK viewthemselves as heroes?
forced migrants(maid trade)
lack of opportunityin the Philippines
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government promotion of migration (the government is dependent on remittance)
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Why do the Filipinos in HK viewthemselves as heroes?
Other reasons:
1.Contribute more to family, even under verydangerous conditions.
2.Government depend onsafety imperative for
even a modicum of
legitimacy.3.Positive effect on wages4.culture
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Affects on migrant Filipino
cultural identity
Did they feel that any elements of
their culture had changed sincebeing inHong Kong?
Please note: 10 of the 25 interviewees answered this openanswer question and there may be more than one answer of an
interviewee
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Interview results
liberated
open minded
improving life standard
improving personality
exposing to the society
working harder
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What the answers indicate:Positives:
Democracy/Freedoms:
Increasing the senses of protecting their rights andabidance by law
Opportunities:
Improving life standard
Broaden their horizon
Exposing to the new community
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What the answers indicate
Negatives:
Physical and Psychological pressure:
The inversion of the private-public border
Staying in the intimate space of anothers
household for a long time, usually just rest onSunday
Estrangement from family members
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Acculturation?
Few Filipino restaurants in HK, they eatmore Chinese food
They speak and communicate fluently inEnglish, usually just know a fewCantonese phrases
They identify themselves more onpolitical identity (nationality) as Filipino
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ConclusionCultural level
National
Character
Individual Level
Social LevelPsychological
level
Majority culture
Identitychanges
Gender
roles
Family
values
employment
Attitudes
stress
Social
affiliationsGenerational
status
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References
Constable, N (1997) Maid to order in Hong Kong:
stories of Filipina workers
Tomlinson, J (2000) Globalization and cultural
identity. In Held & McGrew Eds. The Global
Transformations Reader
Unknown, Gender, Class and the transnational
politics of solidarity