Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories
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Resumo: | In this article, we address the Bolivian work in the clothing industry in the cities of São Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) through an analysis of the social networks that allow the entry and circulation of migrants in this activity. In the light of urban sociology debate on immigrant economies, we wonder whether these activities produce ethnic economies or circulatory territories. Based on multi-site participant observation and 50 interviews with Bolivian workers, we propose the hypothesis of a hybrid economy, with a strong ethnic component associated to high mobility of workers in multiethnic contexts. We argue that this hybridity is due to the formation of two contracting network types with different logics of operation: one, from the migrant’s place of origin in Bolivia and, the other, in the migrant’s destination cities. Circumstances that allow us to see the emergence of new cosmopolitanisms in these sewing territories. However, these new cosmopolitanisms are ambivalently associated with the appeals of ethnicity, outlining a new field of political clashes, internal to the Bolivian community, around their identity belonging in the destination cities. |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territoriesMobilidades e etnicidade nos territórios da costuraindústria de confecçãomigrações internacionaisdiáspora bolivianaeconomias étnicasterritórios circulatóriosclothing industryinternational migrationsBolivian diasporaethnic economiescirculatory territoriesIn this article, we address the Bolivian work in the clothing industry in the cities of São Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) through an analysis of the social networks that allow the entry and circulation of migrants in this activity. In the light of urban sociology debate on immigrant economies, we wonder whether these activities produce ethnic economies or circulatory territories. Based on multi-site participant observation and 50 interviews with Bolivian workers, we propose the hypothesis of a hybrid economy, with a strong ethnic component associated to high mobility of workers in multiethnic contexts. We argue that this hybridity is due to the formation of two contracting network types with different logics of operation: one, from the migrant’s place of origin in Bolivia and, the other, in the migrant’s destination cities. Circumstances that allow us to see the emergence of new cosmopolitanisms in these sewing territories. However, these new cosmopolitanisms are ambivalently associated with the appeals of ethnicity, outlining a new field of political clashes, internal to the Bolivian community, around their identity belonging in the destination cities.Neste artigo, abordamos a inserção boliviana no trabalho de confecção de roupas nas cidades de São Paulo (Brasil) e Buenos Aires (Argentina) por meio de uma análise das redes sociais que permitem a inserção e circulação dos migrantes nessa atividade. À luz dos debates da sociologia urbana sobre as economias migrantes, indagamos se essa atividade constitui economias étnicas ou territórios circulatórios. A partir de observação participante multissituada e 50 entrevistas semiestruturadas com os trabalhadores migrantes, formulamos a hipótese de que se trata de uma formação híbrida, com forte componente étnico associado a uma intensa circulação de trabalhadores em espaços multiétnicos. Argumentamos que esse hibridismo se deve à coexistência de dois tipos de redes sociais de contratação, com lógicas diferenciadas: uma, desde os locais de origem dos migrantes, na Bolívia e, outra, nas cidades de destino da migração. Circunstâncias que permitem entrever a emergência de novos cosmopolitismos nesses territórios da costura. No entanto, esses novos cosmopolitismos associam-se de maneira ambivalente com os apelos da etnicidade, delineando um novo campo de embates políticos, interno à comunidade boliviana, em torno de seus pertencimentos identitários nas cidades de destino.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul2022-04-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"Avaliado pelos pares"application/pdfhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/sociologias/article/view/11184710.1590/15174522-111847SOCIOLOGIAS; Vol. 24 No. 59 (2022): Gender and race: southern transits in perspective; 296-326SOCIOLOGIAS; Vol. 24 Núm. 59 (2022): Género y raza: tránsitos del Sur en perspectiva; 296-326Sociologias; v. 24 n. 59 (2022): Gênero e Raça: Trânsitos do Sul em Perspectiva; 296-3261807-03371517-4522reponame:Sociologias (Online)instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSporhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/sociologias/article/view/111847/85017Copyright (c) 2022 Patricia Tavares Freitashttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFreitas, Patricia Tavares2022-07-26T03:19:19Zoai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/111847Revistahttps://seer.ufrgs.br/sociologiasPUBhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/sociologias/oai||revsoc@ufrgs.br1807-03371517-4522opendoar:2022-07-26T03:19:19Sociologias (Online) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories Mobilidades e etnicidade nos territórios da costura |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories Freitas, Patricia Tavares indústria de confecção migrações internacionais diáspora boliviana economias étnicas territórios circulatórios clothing industry international migrations Bolivian diaspora ethnic economies circulatory territories |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories |
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Mobilities and ethnicity in Latin American sewing territories |
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Freitas, Patricia Tavares |
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Freitas, Patricia Tavares |
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Freitas, Patricia Tavares |
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indústria de confecção migrações internacionais diáspora boliviana economias étnicas territórios circulatórios clothing industry international migrations Bolivian diaspora ethnic economies circulatory territories |
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indústria de confecção migrações internacionais diáspora boliviana economias étnicas territórios circulatórios clothing industry international migrations Bolivian diaspora ethnic economies circulatory territories |
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In this article, we address the Bolivian work in the clothing industry in the cities of São Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) through an analysis of the social networks that allow the entry and circulation of migrants in this activity. In the light of urban sociology debate on immigrant economies, we wonder whether these activities produce ethnic economies or circulatory territories. Based on multi-site participant observation and 50 interviews with Bolivian workers, we propose the hypothesis of a hybrid economy, with a strong ethnic component associated to high mobility of workers in multiethnic contexts. We argue that this hybridity is due to the formation of two contracting network types with different logics of operation: one, from the migrant’s place of origin in Bolivia and, the other, in the migrant’s destination cities. Circumstances that allow us to see the emergence of new cosmopolitanisms in these sewing territories. However, these new cosmopolitanisms are ambivalently associated with the appeals of ethnicity, outlining a new field of political clashes, internal to the Bolivian community, around their identity belonging in the destination cities. |
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