Emplaced emotions: Hope explored

A current emotion which unites diverse migrants all over the world is that of ‘being hopeful’: to hope for a better future. This state expresses a common rhetoric which is functional to specific life trajectories and is differently nuanced in diverse settings. What ‘hope’ means in specific contexts has not been fully unpacked in current research and attempts lack an overarching theoretical framework. This paper examines how ‘hope’ is made in practice among Ecuadorian migrants in an Italian north-eastern region through the analysis of affective states produced by material and social resources available in the place in which Ecuadorian have migrated. The interaction between place experience and emotions, and the link between affects and emotions are discussed.