It seems this was the wrong article. Having said that, it was still a very interesting one. The authors pick up on a theme discussed a few weeks back, and that is on the diversity of locations when it comes to Peruvian migration. What the article does well, and at the same time, is what […]
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Week 13 – Latin Americans in Asia continued
Even though this article is dated in some ways, I always find it interesting and relevant when thinking about identity. Tsuda manages to explore and analyze identity without catching himself essentializing it as other authors do. At the same time, he managed to delve deep into a community through what I found to be a […]
Week 12 – Latin Americans in Asia
In reading and thinking about this article, it always amazes me how ‘racial hierarchies’ continue to hold sway within some migrant populations. It’s obvious that what the author explores does not hold true for all Nikkei, be them Peruvian or Brazilian; but I wonder how long it takes for it to become ‘true’? Apparently, not […]
Week 11 – Latin Americans in Europe Continued
This article touched on a couple forms of migration that are usually not integrated within migration studies since they are either not included as migration (adoption) or are seen mostly through a security lens (getting papers for others through a work ‘contract’) and talked about from that perspective. I found it interesting how adoption, at […]
Week 10 – Latin Americans in Europe
This article takes us back down to the local; it presents us what is referred to as a ‘slice of life’. I think these types of articles are important for at least two reasons. First, they usually (like this one) provide the reader with specific information on the sample of participants; and second, some type […]
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