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Austerity en route, from Lisbon to Luanda

In this article, through a set of ethnographic vignettes from fieldwork
conducted in Angola since 2015, I discuss the political semantics of crisis and austerity,
and simultaneously outline an itinerary of a “traveling austerity” between
Portugal and Angola, exposing the interconnectedness and mutual binding of
both political and economic contexts. Invoking stories of migrant workers in Luanda
and the work of local “financial activists” protesting against financial inequality
in Angola, I question the relevance of national-based approaches to austerity
politics, explore conceptualizations of austerity beyond its “original,” mainstream
Eurocentric setting, and argue towards the necessity of analyzing transnational
intersections in the study of austerity.