Politics in territory. Gender, migrations and the sustainability of life in Argentina

The present article attempts to recapture the importance of the category of  “life sustainability “ as a helpful tool in the study of the experiences and practices of Peruvian women living in the Argentinean city of Cordoba. This women belong into the lower-income segment of the local population and dwell in peripheral and relegated urban spaces. In order to achieve this goal, the text harnesses two key theoretical contributions: feminist economic theory and the available findings of current research on the dynamic social construction of citizenship. The study is based on field work where a qualitative longitudinal approach was employed. In-depth interviews were combined with participant observation methodology. The main result of the research shows that the women´s life-sustainability practices are able not only to secure family and neighborhood reproduction, but also have a tangible and positive impact on the exercise of citizenship. These practices condense a know-how that is built and fed back in time, going back to the pre-migration context and is supported by specific migratory, occupational and urban trajectories. In the conclusion, the article highlights the analytical potency of the concept of “life-sustainability” as an analytical category that can be helpful in understanding how migrants use strategies of collective organization centered on community care, in order to achieve political agency within a given territory.

• Автор: Magliano, María José (author)
• Інші автори: Arrieta, Sofía (author)
• Формат: article
• Мова: spa
• Опубліковано: 2021
• Предмети: Argentina; cidadania; cuidado; economia feminista; gênero; migrações; ciudadanía; economía feminista; género; migraciones; citizenship; care; feminist economics; gender; migrations
• Онлайн доступ: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4712