Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border
This article analyses the ways in which Central American migrants travelling through Mexico to reach the United States make oral maps to orient themselves during their journeys. These migrants, often fleeing poverty and violence, travel through Mexico in very irregular ways, such as on cargo trains...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2018
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| description | This article analyses the ways in which Central American migrants travelling through Mexico to reach the United States make oral maps to orient themselves during their journeys. These migrants, often fleeing poverty and violence, travel through Mexico in very irregular ways, such as on cargo trains or on-foot, and find themselves in a state of high vulnerability. Many of these travelers do not have access to printed or digital maps and as a result must rely on oral maps that the migrants create through their multiple attempts to cross the northern border into the United States. These oral maps narrate their journeys and in particular help to navigate specific parts of their journeys to the northern border. However, these maps do not estimate how long specific legs of the trip will take and thus the migrants experience a dislocated sense of temporality during their travels. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-30132024-04-23T17:22:00Z The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border El mapa son los otros: narrativas del viaje de migrantes centroamericanos en la frontera sur de México O mapa são os outros: narrativas da viagem de migrantes centro-americanos na fronteira sul do México Parrini Roses, Rodrigo Flores Pérez, Edith América Central deslocamentos mapas migrantes México narrativas oralidade temporalidade Central America displacement maps migrants Mexico narratives orality temporality Centroamérica desplazamientos mapas migrantes México narrativas oralidad temporalidad This article analyses the ways in which Central American migrants travelling through Mexico to reach the United States make oral maps to orient themselves during their journeys. These migrants, often fleeing poverty and violence, travel through Mexico in very irregular ways, such as on cargo trains or on-foot, and find themselves in a state of high vulnerability. Many of these travelers do not have access to printed or digital maps and as a result must rely on oral maps that the migrants create through their multiple attempts to cross the northern border into the United States. These oral maps narrate their journeys and in particular help to navigate specific parts of their journeys to the northern border. However, these maps do not estimate how long specific legs of the trip will take and thus the migrants experience a dislocated sense of temporality during their travels. En este artículo se analizan las formas en que los migrantes centroamericanos que atraviesan México para llegar a los Estados Unidos elaboran mapas orales para orientarse durante sus desplazamientos. Estos migrantes huyen de la pobreza y la violencia, se internan en territorio mexicano de manera irregular, viajan en trenes de carga o caminan, y experimentan contextos de intensa vulnerabilidad. Si bien muchos de ellos desconocen los mapas impresos o la forma de leerlos, utilizan los mapas orales que los migrantes han creado mediante los múltiples intentos por llegar a la frontera norte del país. Son mapas que se narran durante los desplazamientos y sirven para cubrir trayectos específicos. Sin embargo, esos mapas no logran estimar los tiempos que tardarán entre los distintos puntos del trayecto, por lo que estos sujetos experimentan una temporalidad dislocada y agrietada. Neste artigo se analisam as formas em que os migrantes centro-americanos que cruzam o México para chegar aos Estados Unidos elaboram mapas orais para se guiar durante seus deslocamentos. Estes migrantes fogem da pobreza e da violência, se internam no território mexicano de forma irregular, viajam em trens de mercadoria ou caminham e experimentam contextos de intensa vulnerabilidade. Embora muitos deles não conheçam os mapas impressos ou a forma de lê-los, eles usam os mapas orais que os migrantes criaram através das múltiplas tentativas de alcançar a fronteira norte do país. São mapas que são narrados durante os deslocamentos e servem para cobrir rotas específicas. No entanto, esses mapas não conseguem estimar o tempo que eles demorarão entre os diferentes pontos da jornada, por isso, estas pessoas experimentam uma temporalidade deslocada e quebrada. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2018-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/xml application/zip https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3013 10.17141/iconos.61.2018.3013 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 61 (2018): Geografías críticas en América Latina; 71-90 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 61 (2018): Geografias críticas na América Latina; 71-90 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 61 (2018): Critical geography in Latin America; 71-90 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3013/2235 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3013/2358 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3013/2735 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3013/2778 Derechos de autor 2018 Rodrigo Parrini Roses, Edith Flores Pérez https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Parrini Roses, Rodrigo Flores Pérez, Edith The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border |
| title | The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border |
| title_full | The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border |
| title_fullStr | The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border |
| title_short | The Outsiders are the Map: Travel Narratives of Central American Migrants on Mexico’s Southern Border |
| title_sort | outsiders are the map: travel narratives of central american migrants on mexico’s southern border |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3013 |