Between the national and transnational logics: the case of Kichwa Otavalo migration

The aim of the present article is to describe a process of mobility and construction of the territory that challenges the logics of borders and the categories related to the nation-state. This is well illustrated by the case study of the transnational trade of the kichwa otavalo. From here, we exami...

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Main Author: Andrea Ruiz Balzola
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2015-03-01
Series:Migraciones
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Online Access:https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/4799
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Summary:The aim of the present article is to describe a process of mobility and construction of the territory that challenges the logics of borders and the categories related to the nation-state. This is well illustrated by the case study of the transnational trade of the kichwa otavalo. From here, we examine the challenges that processes like the later represent for the analytical framework that explains migratory movements within a territorial logic associated with the classical notion of citizenship.
ISSN:1138-5774
2341-0833