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During the 1990s, migration researchers in sociology and anthropology focused disproportionately on the idea of transnationalism, leading to investigations of critically important phenomena such as transnational parenting, diaspora politics and identity, flexible citizenship, social remittances, and other factors influencing the experiences of international migrants. This work also produced comprehensive ethnographic accounts of families and communities with attachments to places in two or more countries, profiling peoples who had forged dynamic relations between sending and receiving neighborhoods based on economic opportunities, cultural exchanges, and social networks. The argument presented here offers a slightly different perspective on transnationalism, examining managed migration and the migration industry that has emerged around labor contractors, human smugglers (coyotes), and travelers who routinely carry goods between migrant sending and receiving communities. While this industry facilitates transnationalism, like transnationalism it is ultimately a symptom of a process more comprehensive than international migration: capital's desire for a highly flexible labor force that expands and contractsseasonally and in response to periods of economic growth and decline, is highly mobile, and is largely separated from reproductive settings.

This study analyzes the phenomenon of "localized transnationalism." The concept refers to the prolonged and intense maintenance of cross-border connections by migrants whose capacity for geographic mobility is very limited. The study is based on ethnographic research which focused on Senegalese migrants in southern Spain. The results contribute to the debate on transnationalism by providing empirical evidence which demonstrates that migrants can engage in transnational practices even if they are excluded, due to administrative and economic obstacles, from transnational mobility.

One of the consequences of the military dictatorship in Chile was the forced migration of thousands of exiles, which resulted in the formation of Chilean communities in differenthost countries. Forced migration has several effects in the immigrant, being the most significant the identity redefinition. When citizens are forced to leave their country, they seek ways to keep connected with it, this mechanism are memory and symbols, wich come into contact in different social spaces. The overall objective is then to analyze the identity redefinition of Chilean transnational immigrants living in Vancouver, Canada, who were displaced by the military dictatorship of Chile in 1973-1990. We will understand transnationalism as a relationship that establishes a group of immigrants to their place of origin, where the influence of different symbols that they identify will guide them to represent their sense of belonging. Following the same perspective, the pertinent definition of identity for this research is that it is understood as a subjective construction through symbols and socialization, which can be modified or readapted by living situations of the immigrants. ; La dictadura militar en Chile trajo consigo la migración forzada de miles de chilenos, provocando de esta manera la conformación de comunidades transnacionales chilenas en distintos países de acogida. Como efecto de esto se encuentra la redefinición identitaria de los exiliados, ya que al verse obligado a abandonar su país de origen buscan los medios para seguir relacionados con él, tales como la memoria y los símbolos, los cuales entran en contacto en diversos espacios sociales. El objetivo general del artículo es analizar la redefinición identitaria de migrantes transnacionales chilenos residentes en Vancouver, Canadá, en contexto de Dictadura Militar de Chile de 1973-1990. Se entenderá por transnacionalismo la relación que establece un grupo de migrantes con su lugar de origen, en el cual influyen distintos símbolos con los que se sienten identificados y que los orientan a representar su sentido de pertenencia. Siguiendo esta misma línea, identidad será entendida como una construcción subjetiva a través de símbolos y sociabilización, la que puede ir modificándose o readaptándose según las experiencias vividas.

Transnationalism is, within Mexican migration studies, the predominant perspective to explain collective action undertaken by Mexicans in the United States. It takes into account the Mexican 'diaspora's' interest and political participation in their hometowns. This article challenges transnationalism's basic tenet and proposes, instead, the notion of socio-political transnationalism. Nevertheless, the article emphasizes on how migrants fist act collectively to improve their living conditions in the host societies, rather than organizing around their ties with their homeland. This kind of organizing does not imply indifference towards the situation in their country of origin. It does mean, however, that the transnational perspective falls into a second plane. To illustrate, we will depict the history of Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio, an immigrants' organization in the City of New York, principally Mexican based, and their struggle against the gentrifying attempts taking place in East Harlem. We will also look at their political vision and the links they have created with organizations in Mexico. Adapted from the source document.

This article aims to understand the dynamics of the political transnationalism of Colombian migrants in New York City and the northern area of New Jersey during the 1990-2010 period from the processes of contempt and moral suffering (social stigmatization), the implications of these processes in the migrants' identity/autonomy (as generators of identity wounds) and their search for social recognition. The paper begins with a characterization of the Colombian migration to that setting. Then it shows the experiences of moral contempt faced by Colombian migrants in the contexts of origin and arrival. In the context of origin such experiences were linked to social and political polarization, violence, inequality and strong barriers to upward mobility, while in the context of arrival these experiences were related to the stigma of drug trafficking, the dynamics of cultural racism, discrimination because of low English proficiency, and the absence of a legal immigration status. Finally, the article discusses the participation and mobilization (mainly at informal and collective levels) of Colombian migrants in relation to the search for social recognition. ; Este artículo pretende abordar las dinámicas del transnacionalismo político de los migrantes colombianos en la ciudad de Nueva York y en el área norte de Nueva Jersey durante el periodo 1990-2010, a partir de los procesos de desprecio y sufrimiento moral (estigmatización social) que experimentaron, las implicaciones de estos procesos en la identidad / autonomía de los migrantes (en tanto generadores de heridas identitarias) y su búsqueda de reconocimiento social. El artículo inicia con una caracterización general de la migración colombiana a dicho contexto. Posteriormente, aborda las experiencias de desprecio moral afrontadas por los migrantes en los contextos de origen y destino para la época en mención. Mientras que en el contexto de origen tales experiencias estuvieron vinculadas a la polarización social y política, las violencias, la inequidad y a fuertes impedimentos para la movilidad social ascendente, en el contexto de destino dichas experiencias estuvieron relacionadas con el estigma del narcotráfico, las dinámicas de racismo cultural, la discriminación por escaso manejo del inglés y por la ausencia de un estatus migratorio legal. Por último, el artículo aborda la participación y la movilización (principalmente a nivel informal y colectivo) de los migrantes en relación con su búsqueda de reconocimiento social.