Migración y ciudad: reflexiones en torno a las narrativas e imágenes de los migrantes nicaragüenses sobre algunos espacios públicos del centro de la ciudad de San José, Costa Rica
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2004-12
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Acuña González, Guillermo
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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Precisamente el tema acerca del impacto sociocultural de la migración
nicaragüense en la sociedad costarricense ocupa de forma incipiente
las agendas académicas y de opinión pública. El reconocimiento de dicha
dimensión pasa por la valoración en torno al resultado de la relación cotidiana
entre ambas poblaciones, la interdependencia que por años ha sido
elaborada “desde abajo” por familias y comunidades que han tejido lazos
que trascienden y superan las fronteras físicas entre ambos países, lo que
pierden y ganan como resultado de compartir vivencias, tradiciones y costumbres
o lo que motiva a la población migrante a recrear lazos y estrategias
de integración en una sociedad que no es la propia.
Como resultado de estas estrategias, tal vez deliberadamente y sin
mucho cálculo, prácticas asociadas con el uso del espacio público han empezado
a ser reconocidas como parte de la presencia migrante nicaragüense
en Costa Rica. Tales prácticas se hacen más evidentes, quizá por el impacto
visual que representan, en el centro de la ciudad de San José (capital
costarricense) en donde espacios públicos como parques (El parque
Central, el Parque Braulio Carrillo, conocido como Parque de la Merced,
La Plaza de la Cultura), bulevares (Bulevar de la avenida central), e iglesias
(iglesia de La Merced, Catedral, iglesia de la Soledad, etc), son visitados
asiduamente por un buen porcentaje de hombres y mujeres migrantes.
En esencia, constituyen prácticas sociales, culturales y comunicacionales
de un conglomerado poblacional que construye una vida urbana “no
oficial”.
Precisely the issue about the sociocultural impact of migration Nicaraguan in Costa Rican society occupies an incipient academic and public opinion agendas. The recognition of said dimension involves the assessment of the outcome of the daily relationship between both populations, the interdependence that for years has been made “from below” by families and communities that have forged ties that transcend and exceed the physical borders between both countries, which they lose and win as a result of sharing experiences, traditions and customs or what motivates the migrant population to recreate ties and strategies of integration into a society that is not their own. As a result of these strategies, perhaps deliberately and unintentionally much calculation, practices associated with the use of public space have begun to be recognized as part of the Nicaraguan migrant presence in Costa Rica. Such practices become more evident, perhaps due to the impact visual that they represent, in the center of the city of San José (capital Costa Rican) where public spaces such as parks (El parque Central, the Braulio Carrillo Park, known as Parque de la Merced, The Plaza de la Cultura), boulevards (Central Avenue Boulevard), and churches (Church of La Merced, Cathedral, Church of La Soledad, etc.), are visited regularly by a good percentage of migrant men and women. In essence, they constitute social, cultural and communication practices of a population conglomerate that builds an urban life “not official".
Precisely the issue about the sociocultural impact of migration Nicaraguan in Costa Rican society occupies an incipient academic and public opinion agendas. The recognition of said dimension involves the assessment of the outcome of the daily relationship between both populations, the interdependence that for years has been made “from below” by families and communities that have forged ties that transcend and exceed the physical borders between both countries, which they lose and win as a result of sharing experiences, traditions and customs or what motivates the migrant population to recreate ties and strategies of integration into a society that is not their own. As a result of these strategies, perhaps deliberately and unintentionally much calculation, practices associated with the use of public space have begun to be recognized as part of the Nicaraguan migrant presence in Costa Rica. Such practices become more evident, perhaps due to the impact visual that they represent, in the center of the city of San José (capital Costa Rican) where public spaces such as parks (El parque Central, the Braulio Carrillo Park, known as Parque de la Merced, The Plaza de la Cultura), boulevards (Central Avenue Boulevard), and churches (Church of La Merced, Cathedral, Church of La Soledad, etc.), are visited regularly by a good percentage of migrant men and women. In essence, they constitute social, cultural and communication practices of a population conglomerate that builds an urban life “not official".
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SAN JOSE (COSTA RICA), MIGRACIÓN, MIGRATION, DERECHOS HUMANOS, HUMAN RIGHTS, NICARAGUA