A School of Landscape Architecture and Planning Event for the CAPLA Lecture Series
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Moving abroad is an increasingly trending topic in the United States. Previous research has documented the ways that economic opportunities, political climate, and personal reasons frequently inform decisions to leave. However, less attention has been given to the role of infrastructure both in shaping desires to emigrate and enhancing the appeal of relocating abroad. This talk presents findings from a recent study on US emigration that included qualitative interviews and a large cross-sectional survey in which participants cited infrastructure concerns around housing, transportation, public and recreational spaces, and healthcare as motivating their desires to seek futures outside of the U.S.
In person attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch.
About Megan Carney
Megan Carney is a feminist medical and sociocultural anthropologist. She is associate professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Regional Food Studies at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on migration, health, state violence, and livelihood and liberation struggles in borderlands, including around food and water insecurity. She conducts ethnographic and community-based collaborative research primarily in the US Southwest and the central Mediterranean.
Header image credit: Megan Carney