Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: | En este artículo se aborda la construcción y génesis de territorios de frontera por parte de inmigrantes en Santiago de Chile, específicamente en La Chimba, al norte del río Mapocho.Se analiza este habitar de frontera desde evidencias de la historia, la sociología, georreferenciación y etnografía.La tesis central dice que el de alimentar y ensanchar el campo de lo posible, más allá de la sobrevivencia.Se concluye que en La Chimba, la realización de la vita activa en los migrantes se levanta resguarda la identidad de los habitantes en la multiculturalidad, pero a su vez abre la conectividad más allá de las fronteras del barrio, de la ciudad y la nación. | cultura urbana, imaginarios urbanos, migración. | e article deals with the genesis and building of frontier territories by immigrants Santiago de Chile, specifically in La Chimba, north of the Mapocho River.e settling of this frontier territory is analyzed based on historical, sociological, georeferencing and ethnographic evidence.e central thesis suggests that frontier living is created and becomes a source of empowerment and citizenship when the conformation of the spaces that are host to the immigrants and provide them with protection are able to nourish and broaden the field of possibilities beyond mere survival.e conclusion is that at La Chimba, the active and fulfilling lives of the immigrants rise from a paradox: the possibility of finding shelter and setting roots (conditions determined by a sense of community and social safety nets), on the one hand; and itinerants and movement (conditions of transcending constraints of local identity and achievement of connectivity), on the other.is paradox assures the preservation of the inhabitants' identities within a multicultural environment while maintaining fluidity of connections with situations beyond the frontiers of the neighborhood, the city and the country.
Source: EURE (Santiago)
Author: Francisca Márquez
Institution: Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2018039381