The Nicaraguan Diaspora in Costa Rica: Schools and the Disruption of Transnational Social Fields

This ethnographic case study explores Nicaragua–Costa Rica cross‐border dynamics, one of the most important South‐South migration flows in the Central American region. I identify practices that prevent Nicaraguan children in a Costa Rican classroom from consolidating transnational identities and networks during the school day. Specifically, I examine three types of disruptions—historical, social, and linguistic—as well as various ways in which students and teachers contest those disruptions.