Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America

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Autor(a) principal: Dias,Gustavo
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Silva,João Carlos Jarochinski, Silva,Sidney Antonio da
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Vibrant
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Resumo: Abstract This paper examines how Haitian migration connecting Haiti to Brasília is enacted through Latin America. The empirical data come from an ethnographic study of Haitians in Brasilia. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 34 migrants to reconstruct their mobilities. We explore how the Haitians’ historical practice of living on the move has enabled them to deal with border controls and develop tactics to circulate through several Latin America countries, including Brazil. We argue that their migration to the Brazilian capital can neither be understood as a linear movement characterized by an established Haiti-Brasilia connection nor defined as movement to a place where these migrants attempt to settle down. Rather, we show that the recent presence of Brasilia in the mobility of these Haitians has to be understood in the context of a vast dynamic meshwork of places, people and information.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
title Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
spellingShingle Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
Dias,Gustavo
Haitians
mobile people
Brasília
Latin America
title_short Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
title_full Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
title_fullStr Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
title_sort Travellers of the Caribbean: Positioning Brasília in Haitian migration routes through Latin America
author Dias,Gustavo
author_facet Dias,Gustavo
Silva,João Carlos Jarochinski
Silva,Sidney Antonio da
author_role author
author2 Silva,João Carlos Jarochinski
Silva,Sidney Antonio da
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dias,Gustavo
Silva,João Carlos Jarochinski
Silva,Sidney Antonio da
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Haitians
mobile people
Brasília
Latin America
topic Haitians
mobile people
Brasília
Latin America
description Abstract This paper examines how Haitian migration connecting Haiti to Brasília is enacted through Latin America. The empirical data come from an ethnographic study of Haitians in Brasilia. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 34 migrants to reconstruct their mobilities. We explore how the Haitians’ historical practice of living on the move has enabled them to deal with border controls and develop tactics to circulate through several Latin America countries, including Brazil. We argue that their migration to the Brazilian capital can neither be understood as a linear movement characterized by an established Haiti-Brasilia connection nor defined as movement to a place where these migrants attempt to settle down. Rather, we show that the recent presence of Brasilia in the mobility of these Haitians has to be understood in the context of a vast dynamic meshwork of places, people and information.
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