Political remittances, connectivity, and the trans-local politics of place: An alternative approach to the dominant narratives on ‘displacement’ in Colombia
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Political remittances, connectivity, and the trans-local politics of place: An alternative approach to the dominant narratives on ‘displacement’ in Colombia. / Velez Torres, Irene; Agergaard, Jytte.
In: Geoforum, Vol. 53, 2014, p. 116-125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Political remittances, connectivity, and the trans-local politics of place: An alternative approach to the dominant narratives on ‘displacement’ in Colombia
AU - Velez Torres, Irene
AU - Agergaard, Jytte
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper moves beyond the humanitarian perspective that tends to frame the understanding of the internal displacement in Colombia, which, by 2011, had affected between 8.5% and 11% of its national population. We investigate how outmigration creates connections between the rural place and its urban Colonias through social and political exchanges that configure a trans-local community bound by its struggle for the right to territory. By examining the case of the afrodescendant community of La Toma in Colombia, the paper aims to rethink contemporary dynamics of social governance in ethnic communities, whose building process binds socio-political spaces beyond de-territorialisation. In this respect, we argue that social and normative categories such as ‘displacement’ and ‘ethnic territories’ need to be reinterpreted to include the interactive political ideas and actions that connect societies forced into motion.
AB - This paper moves beyond the humanitarian perspective that tends to frame the understanding of the internal displacement in Colombia, which, by 2011, had affected between 8.5% and 11% of its national population. We investigate how outmigration creates connections between the rural place and its urban Colonias through social and political exchanges that configure a trans-local community bound by its struggle for the right to territory. By examining the case of the afrodescendant community of La Toma in Colombia, the paper aims to rethink contemporary dynamics of social governance in ethnic communities, whose building process binds socio-political spaces beyond de-territorialisation. In this respect, we argue that social and normative categories such as ‘displacement’ and ‘ethnic territories’ need to be reinterpreted to include the interactive political ideas and actions that connect societies forced into motion.
KW - law
KW - earth sciences
KW - environmental studies
KW - medical sciences
KW - Migration
KW - Displacement
KW - Diaspora
KW - Remittances
KW - Community
KW - Place
U2 - 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.03.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 53
SP - 116
EP - 125
JO - Geoforum
JF - Geoforum
SN - 0016-7185
ER -
ID: 112896822