Abstract
For decades, Mexico has been a place for migrants. Due to the harsh economic situation in the countryside, many decided to move not only to the most prominent cities within the country’s limits, but to our neighboring country where they’re looking for a “better life”. However, it’s also a transit spot for thousands of people from Central and South America who are on their way to the USA. And finally, it is the reception place for a lot of them. One of the elements that get touch by the mobility is the social identity as the people who are moving from one place to another travel with their cosmovision, so this is a case study of some of does people from Latin America who decided to stay in Mexico, and their struggle for finding a new home that let them be part of the community without losing their own identity and the perception from does who always consider them “the others”. Even though from a different perspective we’ll all be considered “latinos”, once that decision to move is done, they struggle every day to preserve those cultural differences that make them alien to the place while at the same time seeking to integrate into the daily routine. From a qualitative approach, it seeks to recover their experiences from the perspective they have of them.
Presenters
Ilithya GuevaraProfesora, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Guanajuato, Mexico
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Migration, Identity, Latinos
