Abstract

LINARES, María Dolores. Border places in the circulation between Posadas (Misiones, Argentina) and Encarnación (Itapúa, Paraguay). Estudios Socioterritoriales [online]. 2015, vol.17. ISSN 1853-4392.

This article aims to describe a specific type of spatial mobility, the circulation of Paraguayan paseras in the Argentine-Paraguayan border area of Posadas (Misiones, Argentina) andEncarnación (Itapúa, Paraguay), and analyze the new territorialities that it creates. Through a qualitative methodology based on interviews and participant observation, we present a typification of "places" that Paraguayan paseras walk along and build on the border. To organize our argument, first we describe the legal-institutional framework governing the border and its consequences for the paseras practice. Second, we characterize the cross-border circulation in terms of trajectories and motivations, thus including goods, transportation and stops. Finally, we indicate and discuss the "places" that we have identified within this international circulation.

Keywords : Border cities; Circulation; Border places; Posadas-Encarnación.

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