Abstract:
Current migration studies are characterized by disciplinary and methodological fragmentation, by the lack of unified approach to the study of contemporary migration processes. The aim of this article is to offer one of the promising ways of building a conceptual framework for the study of contemporary migration that combines comparative transnational approach and sociology of everyday life. This makes possible to overcome disciplinary restrictions and to take into account the influence of similarities and differences in the political, economic, social, and cultural spheres on migration processes. It also makes possible to analyze informal practices and everyday interactions of transnational migrants, both in host society and in country of origin. The key concept of this approach is “transnational practices”. The article presents the author’s definition of transnational practices and discusses the rationale to address methodological apparatus of sociology of emotions in studying everyday life of transnational migrants, which is organized through the implementation of transnational practices.