Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions

This paper suggests that transborder mobility is crucial to the way individuals relate to space and the meanings that they construct about it. Based on ethnographic work carried out in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula border regions, an analysis is conducted of the relationship between...

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Main Authors:	Amalia E. Campos Delgado, Olga Odgers Ortiz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 2012-07-01
Series:	Estudios Fronterizos
Subjects:	Frontera espacio fronterizo movilidad Tijuana Tecún Umán
Online Access:	http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/85

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author	Amalia E. Campos Delgado Olga Odgers Ortiz
spellingShingle	Amalia E. Campos Delgado Olga Odgers Ortiz Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions Estudios Fronterizos Frontera espacio fronterizo movilidad Tijuana Tecún Umán
author_facet	Amalia E. Campos Delgado Olga Odgers Ortiz
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title	Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions
title_short	Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions
title_full	Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions
title_fullStr	Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions
title_full_unstemmed	Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions
title_sort	crossing the border: mobility as a resource in the tijuana/san diego and tecún umán/tapachula regions
publisher	Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
series	Estudios Fronterizos
issn	0187-6961 2395-9134
publishDate	2012-07-01
description	This paper suggests that transborder mobility is crucial to the way individuals relate to space and the meanings that they construct about it. Based on ethnographic work carried out in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula border regions, an analysis is conducted of the relationship between the border region and the spatial mobility of its inhabitants. We conclude that there are at least four possible ways of constructing mobility in border contexts.
topic	Frontera espacio fronterizo movilidad Tijuana Tecún Umán
url	http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/85
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Crossing the Border: Mobility as a Resource in the Tijuana/San Diego and Tecún Umán/Tapachula Regions

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