Migration, Gender and Belonging. On the multiple ways of thinking and living the urban public space in Poble Sec (Barcelona)”

PEDONE, CLAUDIA; GIL ARAUJO, SANDRA; SOLAVAGIONE, LUCÍA; AGRELA, BELÉN

Ginebra

Congreso; European Sociological Association Congress: Sociology for turbulent times: views from around the world,; 2011

Asociación Europea de Sociología

The main goals of this paper are to explore a) the migrants’ use of the urban spaces and the changes of the city, b) formal and informal practices in local communities and neighbourhoods in which intercultural interactions take place, c) migrants’ citizenship practices in their daily lives and their bounds with the places of emigration and immigrationOur presentation has been elaborated on the basis of the following research projects: Migration Policies, Family Transnationalism and Civic Stratification. Latin American Migration to Spain, in which we are currently involved; and Gender, Migration and Intercultural Interactions in the Mediterranean and South East Europe: an interdisciplinary perspective (GE.M.IC) finished in January 2011. In this Case Study, our fieldwork took place in Poble Sec, Barcelona, a working-class neighbourhood which, in January 2008, registered an immigrant population of 27.9%. We have chosen a specific area of study considering its diversity in terms of origin of the population. The research was based on a qualitative methodological perspective from a gender approach.