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Diáspora venezolana en paisajes culturales urbanos: ciudadanía y pertenencia en Santiago (2022-2025)

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The restrictive shift in Chilean migration policy has reshaped the scenarios where the Venezuelan diaspora in Santiago contests its sense of belonging. This article examines how, between 2022 and 2025, social integration transcends the legal framework, shaping citizenship as an everyday practice. Using a critical and ethnographic approach, the experiences of migrant association leaders are analyzed in three areas: the pursuit of regularization in the face of state bureaucracy, collective organization in response to exclusionary policies, and neighborhood coexistence in an environment of criminalization. The results show that citizenship is constructed in three urban borderscapes—bureaucratic, institutional, and community-based—extending this concept toward the practices, affects, and bonds that constitute belonging in this Latin American metropolis.

Source: Estudios Sociológicos de El Colegio de México

DOI: 10.24201/es.2026v44.e3064

Authors: Nicolás Gissi Barbieri, Alejandra León Rojas

Institutions: University of Chile, Universidad de Antioquia

Language: English

Topic: Venezuelan Migration and Society

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo