Seasonal Migrant Workers’ Social Representations Regarding the Inhabitants of Saint-Rémi, Québec

The Mexican government has sent men and women to Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) since 1974 and through the Pilot Project since 2009. From an anthropological perspective, this research uses the theory of social representations and a multimethod comprising evocative word...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: DÍAZ MENDIBURO, Aaraón
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE
Repositorio:Migraciones Internacionales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.colef.mx:article/606
Acceso en línea:https://migracionesinternacionales.colef.mx/index.php/migracionesinternacionales/article/view/606
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mexico-Canada Labor migration
Quebec’s agribusiness
transnational programs
intercultural relations
social representations
migración laboral México-Canadá
agroindustria quebequense
programas transnacionales
relaciones interculturales
representaciones sociales
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Sumario:The Mexican government has sent men and women to Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) since 1974 and through the Pilot Project since 2009. From an anthropological perspective, this research uses the theory of social representations and a multimethod comprising evocative words, semistructured interviews, scales of values and participant observation to explore migrant men’s representations of the inhabitants of Saint-Rémi, Quebec, understand how these representations are conceived and examinerelations between the two groups. The structural notions of representations were: Canadian-Quebecers are individualistic, exclusionary and racist, Latin American-Quebecers are supportive, Canada is a place of opportunity and agricultural work is hard.