Alba Planchart
Doctoral student

Presentation

My research focuses on cross-border domestic workers in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Anchored in border theory and decolonial theory, the study aims at: 1) exploring the bordering processes that cross-border women experience in their daily lives, 2) examining how these processes are shaped by their intersecting identities (gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion, etc.), and 3) understanding how these shared experiences can lead to the creation of a social movement. To this end, the research utilises an ethnographic approach, including participant observation and semi-structured interviews with both Moroccan domestic workers and Spanish residents of the enclaves.

This research contributes to the studies of everyday bordering and migrant domestic work. By focusing on the daily experiences of Moroccan cross-border women in an extremely precarious borderland, my thesis unravels the intersection of colonial legacies and different social categories with everyday bordering processes.