Alba Planchart
Doctoral student

Presentation

PhD Candidate in International Migration and Ethnic Relations PhD Project: Who cares about borders? Domestic work and (im)mobility in a colonial borderland. The case of Ceuta.

My research focuses on the organisation of domestic work in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Anchored in border theory and decolonial theory, the study aims at: This research aims to explore how bordering processes shape the organisation of domestic work in a colonial borderland. Moreover, this thesis looks into the role of intersecting categorisations in these bordering processes and in the construction of privilege and agency. 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.