Experiencias y emociones migrantes en México: viajes de violencia, resistencia e indigencia efímera

  • Gianmaria Lenti Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), Ciudad de México, México
  • Bernardo López Marin La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Palabras clave: Migración transmexicana, violencia, precariedad, emociones, esperanza

Resumen

La migración no autorizada en México se caracteriza por su peligro, violencia y precariedad, originando en los migrantes sentimientos de miedo y angustia que perjudican su presente y futuro. Sin embargo, su voluntad, organización y creatividad les ayuda a enfrentar la naturaleza cambiante de las rutas migratorias que implican peligros y a veces indigencia. Aquellos migrantes que experimentan las secuelas de traumas y sufrimientos consolidan relaciones sociales entre ellos y con la sociedad civil para atenuar la marginación mediante el apoyo y cuidado mutuo. Basado en metodologías etnográficas, se exploran algunas realidades que los migrantes padecen y oponen, enfatizando los impactos de estos viajes en sus vidas.

Biografía del autor/a

Gianmaria Lenti, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), Ciudad de México, México

He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in Social Anthropology at the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) in Mexico City. His research focuses on a comparative analysis between the transit of migrants in Mexico and Turkey.

Bernardo López Marin, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

He is a Mexican academic pursuing his doctoral studies in Social Anthropology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and conducts a comparative investigation of unauthorized migratory transit in Mexico and Morocco.

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