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  Peruvians in South Korea
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DESCRIPTION:Peruvian migrant workers began arriving in South Korea in large
  numbers in the mid-1990s\, eventually becoming one of the largest groups 
 of non-Asians in the country. Migrant Conversions shows how despite facing
  unstable income and legal exclusion\, migrants have come to see Korea as 
 an ideal destination\, sometimes even as part of their divine destiny. Fac
 ed with a forced end to their residence in Korea\, Peruvians have develope
 d strategies to transform themselves from economic migrants into heads of 
 successful transnational families\, influential church leaders\, and cosmo
 politan travelers. Set against the backdrop of the 2008 global financial c
 risis\, Migrant Conversions explores the intersections of three types of c
 onversions—monetary\, religious\, and cosmopolitan—to argue that migra
 nts use conversions to negotiate the meaning of their lives in a constantl
 y changing transnational context. As Peruvians carve out social spaces\, t
 hey create complex and uneven connections between Peru and Korea that chal
 lenge a global hierarchy of nations and migrants. Exploring how migrants\,
  churches\, and nations change through processes of conversion reveals how
  globalization continues to impact people’s lives and ideas about their 
 futures and pasts long after they have stopped moving or after a particula
 r global moment has come to an end.
LOCATION:Meyerson Conference Room \, WCH 4.118
SUMMARY:Migrant Conversions: Money\, Religion\, and Global Projects of Peru
 vians in South Korea
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.utexas.edu/event/migrant-conversions-money-r
 eligion-and-global-projects-of-peruvians-in-south-korea
CATEGORIES:Academics
CATEGORIES:Arts & Humanities
CATEGORIES:Business & Economy
CATEGORIES:World & Culture
CATEGORIES:Campus & Community
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