Migration, differentiation and affects: Traces of inequities in a public school in Montevideo

Migration, differentiation and affects: Traces of inequities in a public school in Montevideo

Authors

  • Mónica Da Silva Universidad de la República
  • Lucía Martin Universidad de la República

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5027/psicoperspectivas-Vol21-Issue1-fulltext-2490

Keywords:

childhood, education, emotion, migration

Abstract

In this work we analyze the conditions of inequality, racialization and differentiation experienced by migrant children from the theoretical perspective of the feminist affective turn and through a qualitative study with an ethnographic approach in a public school in the city of Montevideo. We discuss bias based points of view regarding the origins of contemporary migrations in Uruguay, teacher perceptions about uprooting and its effects on educational proposals aimed at migrant school population. We conclude with the need to expand the margins of recognition and the importance of interdependence as a political key to advance in educational transformations that contemplate human mobility in education.

Author Biographies

Mónica Da Silva, Universidad de la República

Doctora en Educación. Profesora Adjunta en Régimen de Dedicación Total del Instituto de Fundamentos y Métodos en Psicología, de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de la República.

Investigadora Nivel I de la Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Inovación.

Lucía Martin, Universidad de la República

Licenciada en Sociología Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Docente ayudante de Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de la República - Uruguay

Published

2022-02-17

How to Cite

Da Silva, M., & Martin, L. (2022). Migration, differentiation and affects: Traces of inequities in a public school in Montevideo. Psicoperspectivas, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.5027/psicoperspectivas-Vol21-Issue1-fulltext-2490
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