Organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Speaker: F. Daniel Morales Hernández (El Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico)
Linguistic landscapes and the externalisation of migration in three coach stations in Mexico
This paper focuses on the linguistic landscapes of three coach stations in Mexico where there have been attempts to stop migration flows from Central America, the Caribbean and South America. The linguistic landscapes exhibit an institutional identity check policy, which requires travellers to show a valid identification when buying a coach ticket. Analysing the linguistic landscape in place, on the one hand, allows us to gain insight into how coach stations are being reconfigured into places of surveillance. On the other hand, examining language in place underscores the symbolic way in which human mobility could be locally regulated as a way of reinforcing the US-Mexico transnational management of migration. Thus, this study contributes to current research on how language organises social space by foregrounding the externalisation of migration that involves passport and visa checks by coach companies.
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Programme 2024/25
Autumn Term
24 October
21 November
11 December
Winter Term
23 January
20 February
20 March
The Latin American and Caribbean Ethnography Seminar (LACES) is a forum in which scholars who conduct ethnographic research in Latin America and the Caribbean can present their work and get feedback in a collaborative environment, as well as build connections between researchers and departments.
The Seminar is currently hosted by the ILCS Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CRoLAC) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and the Rule of Law (CISRUL) at the University of Aberdeen and the Institute of Literature, Language and Anthropology at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
It is convened by Jessica Sklair (QMUL), Denisse Román-Burgos (CSIC & University of Aberdeen) and Ainhoa Montoya (SAS & CSIC).
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