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The Nicaraguan Diaspora in Costa Rica: Schools and the Disruption of Transnational Social Fields
Author(s) -
SolanoCampos Ana
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12274
Subject(s) - contest , diaspora , ethnography , sociology , gender studies , puerto rican , anthropology , political science , law
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.