Borders of permanence, controls and childhoods: The educational space in Chile as an extension of migratory control?

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/soci.87268
Keywords: migrant children, migration control, borders of permanence, educational space, Chile
Agencies: Fondecyt (3210090) entitled “The border as a symbolic and material demarcation in the educational experience of children, adolescents and their families in migratory contexts in Chile”

Abstract

The aim of this article is to explore the existence/extension of various migration control devices that are present in childhood, taking as a paradigmatic case the educational space in Chile. To achieve this goal a qualitative study was carried on that reflects on the individual and collective fieldwork of the authors. One of the conclusions reached is that certain school devices (required by the Ministry of Education and others of the schools' own initiative) are part of a heterogeneous and contingent set of controls at the borders of permanence, seeking to detect those irregular migrant children who could threaten the educational social fabric if they do not comply with the requests of the school system.

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Sara Joiko, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (INTE) de la Universidad Arturo Prat (UNAP)

PhD in Sociology and Education Policy at the UCL Institute of Education. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (INTE), Universidad Arturo Prat (Iquique, Chile) as well as a member of Rizoma Intercultural, a non-profit organisation, which support migrants in Chile. Her topics of interest are decolonial critical interculturality, migration, education policy and school-family relationship. She has published more than ten articles and book chapters and participated in various national and international conferences on migration, education, interculturality and human rights. Currently, she is working on a Postdoctoral Project Fondecyt (3210090) entitled “The border as a symbolic and material demarcation in the educational experience of children, adolescents and their families in migratory contexts in Chile” (https://www.facebook.com/Proyecto.FronterasEducativas)

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Published
2023-06-13
How to Cite
Alvites Baiadera A., Joiko S. y Collazos M. (2023). Borders of permanence, controls and childhoods: The educational space in Chile as an extension of migratory control?. Sociedad e Infancias, 7(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.5209/soci.87268
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023): Migrant childhood as a new global actor
Section
Monographic

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