Dissertation Research: Gender and Transnational Migration

自20世纪80年代以来，墨西哥和美国之间的土著移民有所增加。 男性移徙者的传统模式变得更加复杂，性别作为移徙的一个因素变得更加重要。 该项目涉及密歇根大学一名人类学学生的论文研究，研究从瓦哈卡Yalalag镇到洛杉矶的移民。 目前居住在洛杉矶的该镇最近移民中，多达52%是女性。 学生将通过对100个家庭的样本进行密集访谈，开放式访谈，参与观察，瓦哈卡的家庭调查以及洛杉矶的参与观察和访谈来调查轮回的文化意义。 该项目的重点是由于移徙以及跨移徙信息和资本流动而引起的性别角色的变化。 该项目将分析移民的身份，因为他们的身份不是简单地沿着从“传统”到“现代”的线性发展，而是更复杂和微妙的混合，包括当地的Yalalag，墨西哥人，当地的南加州人和美国人的身份。这项研究将增进我们对移徙者生活经验的了解，对必须处理移徙问题的决策者很有帮助，并将有助于培养一名年轻的社会科学家。

The migration of indigenous people between Mexico and the US has increased since the 1980s. The traditional pattern of male migrants has become more complex, with gender becoming more significant as a factor in migration. This project involves the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University of Michigan, studying migrants from the Oaxacan town of Yalalag to Los Angeles. As many as 52% of the recent migrants from the town currently living in LA are female. The student will investigate the cultural meaning of transmigration through intensive interviewing of a sample of 100 households, open-ended interviews, participant observation, a household survey in Oaxaca and also participant observation and interviews in LA. The focus of the project is on the changes in gender roles attributable to migration as well as transmigratory information and capital flows. The project will analyze the identity of migrants as not simply varying along a linear progression from `traditional` to `modern` but rather on a more complex and nuanced blend of local Yalalag, national Mexican, local southern Californian and national US identities. The research will advance our understanding of the lived experience of migrants and will be useful to policy makers who must deal with migration, and will contribute to the training of a young social scientist.