Through both historical and present empirical examples, the seminar explores how similar and different logics and dynamics of labour migration are reproduced across work in agriculture and the gig economy. What has historically characterized contracting of migrant labour? Which actors condition migrant labour today? How are such logics reproduced? What role does technology play for the contingency and mobility of migrant labour? These as well as a long list of other questions will be explored through examples in Sweden, USA, and Denmark.

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