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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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional de la UABCS |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorioinstitucional.uabc.mx:20.500.12930/6440 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/85 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Border border region mobility Tijuana Tecún Umán. Geography Tourism Sociology culture Urban renewal The city as an economic factor Political Science Migracoón Immigration and International International Relations Frontera espacio fronterizo movilidad Tecún Umán Geografía Turismo Sociología Cultura Renovación urbana La ciudad como factor económico Ciencias políticas Migracoón e Inmigración Internacional Relaciones Internacionales |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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