Abstract

ZELAYA, Silvia. Meetings, discussions and challenges in contemporary anthropological work. (On the First National Conference on Migration and Refuge). Runa [online]. 2020, vol.41, n.1, pp.37-50. ISSN 1851-9628.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/runa.v41i1.8132.

Between 2014 and 2016 I accompanied the demands of activists for the rights of migrants - people from religious organizations, non-governmental organizations, migrant movements and researchers- in the cities of Porto Alegre and San Pablo. At the end of May 2014, the First National Conference on Migration and Refuge was held in San Pablo. This article takes up scenes from my fieldwork in Brazil related to the Conference, to reveal some forms of anthropological work in the midst of institutional practices. Understanding these practices as control technologies, I argue that there are two ways of doing and thinking about migration policies: the one embodied by the National Conference and the one embodied by the migrants and refugees living in downtown San Pablo. Two modes of struggle that present different tensions and challenges in anthropological work.

Keywords : Migration policies; Institutional practices; Control technologies; Refuge; Anthropological work.

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