Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional

The indigenous communities of Guatemala have historically been presented as societies of rural origin, whose form of political and social organization is based on the maintenance of community or communal ties. However, for several decades, these societies have been part of massive migratory processe...

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Main Authors: Andrea Freddi, Alejandra Carreño, Leopoldo Martínez Mérida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2020-04-01
Series:Revista de Estudios Sociales
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Online Access:https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/res72.2020.02
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author Andrea Freddi
Alejandra Carreño
Leopoldo Martínez Mérida
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description The indigenous communities of Guatemala have historically been presented as societies of rural origin, whose form of political and social organization is based on the maintenance of community or communal ties. However, for several decades, these societies have been part of massive migratory processes that have made them active participants in one of the structural dimensions of the globalization process: transnationalism. This article aims to analyze the transformation of an indigenous community, Todos Santos (Guatemala), from the perspective of the new ways of reinventing the communal space through the local architecture that is being intervened by migrants with access to remittances. The recreation of the imaginary of the global through houses and constructions that represent the odyssey of migration is analyzed as part of the strategies that indigenous communities generate to negotiate with the global phenomena of which they are active parts. This analysis invites us to reflect on the communal and transnational links of the indigenous groups, which are reflected in the specific forms taken by the spaces they inhabit.
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spelling doaj.art-5bd9c17160694771b8c67df6858a45692022-12-21T23:19:20ZengUniversidad de los AndesRevista de Estudios Sociales0123-885X1900-51802020-04-0172183210.7440/res72.2020.02Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacionalAndrea Freddi0Alejandra Carreño1Leopoldo Martínez Mérida2Universidad de los Lagos, ChileUniversidad del DesarrolloEscuela Chipoclaj, GuatemalaThe indigenous communities of Guatemala have historically been presented as societies of rural origin, whose form of political and social organization is based on the maintenance of community or communal ties. However, for several decades, these societies have been part of massive migratory processes that have made them active participants in one of the structural dimensions of the globalization process: transnationalism. This article aims to analyze the transformation of an indigenous community, Todos Santos (Guatemala), from the perspective of the new ways of reinventing the communal space through the local architecture that is being intervened by migrants with access to remittances. The recreation of the imaginary of the global through houses and constructions that represent the odyssey of migration is analyzed as part of the strategies that indigenous communities generate to negotiate with the global phenomena of which they are active parts. This analysis invites us to reflect on the communal and transnational links of the indigenous groups, which are reflected in the specific forms taken by the spaces they inhabit.https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/res72.2020.02communalismguatemalaindigenous populationlocal communitypopular architectureremittancesreturn mig rationtransnationalism
spellingShingle Andrea Freddi
Alejandra Carreño
Leopoldo Martínez Mérida
Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
Revista de Estudios Sociales
communalism
guatemala
indigenous population
local community
popular architecture
remittances
return mig ration
transnationalism
title Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
title_full Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
title_fullStr Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
title_full_unstemmed Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
title_short Concretos deseos de (in)movilidad. Migraciones indígenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
title_sort concretos deseos de in movilidad migraciones indigenas y arquitectura de remesas entre lo comunal y lo transnacional
topic communalism
guatemala
indigenous population
local community
popular architecture
remittances
return mig ration
transnationalism
url https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/res72.2020.02
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