Linguistic intersections and migration between Latin America and Spain. a crossing of borders

Abstract

What is the border? Why does thinking about the phenomenon of migration lead us to reflect in terms of borders? How do we talk about the border? This article is part of the partial results obtained during the development of the research project “Being a woman, a migrant, and an Ibero-American: perspectives, proposals, and actions towards inclusion and equality” (Instituto de las Mujeres, Spain) coordinated by Dra. Sandra Olivero Guidobono. We understand borders as heterogeneous, flexible, permeable spaces in which diversity plays a role as a space for dialogue, as an instrument for building bridges of connection, never as borders of exclusion. We propose to investigate a complex problem that responds to  a multiplicity of causes and that requires, in order to be addressed and understood, interconnection between the academic world and the community. We are interested in reflecting on the construction of reality made possible by the migratory processes themselves, their difficulties, and the strategies of resilience and survival they enable. We want to understand migration as a process of change for both sending and receiving societies. This study is based on the experiences narrated by Latin American migrant women living in Seville, recorded in the podcast “Alma resiliente” (RadioUS, Spain).