Zones of Reterritorialized Domesticity

How has the notion of home been shaped by the uptake of interconnected mobile devices and online platforms? This chapter addresses this inquiry by opening the discussion through mapping the motivations behind the formation of a digital and transnational arrangement among dispersed family members. To begin with, it illustrates the journey of migration among transnational families in Melbourne, Australia. By analysing the mobilization of familial interactions via mobile devices and online platforms, it coins the conceptual term ‘zones of reterritorialized domesticity’, highlighting the liminal, networked, hybridized, and contradictory aspect of a transnational and digital home. This conception builds on unravelling how family norms and values, mobile platforms, and technological infrastructures shape the performance, embodiment, and negotiation of a home from afar. Ultimately, the chapter lays bare the foundation of interrogating the production of transnational homemaking in uneven mobile environments.