Barbara Jettinger
Georgia Barbara Jettinger is a DPhil student at the School of Geography & the Environment. Her thesis focuses on the collective associational involvement of Senegalese migrant women and men in France. As part of her DPhil she carried out fieldwork in the suburbs of Paris, Dakar and the Senegal River valley region, mainly in Sinthiane.
Prior to her PhD she received an MSc in Forced Migration form Oxford University. Before attending Oxford University she studied political science and anthropology at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Her research interest are: transnationalism, migrants political participation, development, remittances gender and generation.
Recent publications
Jettinger, G.B. (forthcoming), ‘Pratiche femminili incorporate ed impegno associativo di genere: Sinthiane, una comunità senegalese di villaggio in Francia. Afriche e Orienti.
Jettinger, G.B. (forthcoming), ‘Transnational families and gendered political participation: a case study of a Senegalese village community in France’, in Allen, C. (Ed.), Muslim diversities – communities & contexts, London: Kegan Paul Publishers.