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Sunday, February 10, 2008, 5:00 pm, Talk, Fieldwork on Mexican Migration
in Tijuana and North Carolina, Sergio Chavez and Ted Mouw, Sociology Dept. at
UNC-CH Sergio Chavez is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He will be presenting photographs and findings from his research in Tijuana,
Baja California, Mexico and also discuss his new collaborative research in North
Carolina on Mexican migration. For the past three years, Sergio has been traveling
to Tijuana and interviewing former guest workers (participants of the Bracero Program,
1942-1964) and commuter migrants to understand how changing immigration policies
and border enforcement have altered the migration and labor market opportunities
of these two groups.
His talk will provide an historical perspective on Mexican
migration by drawing on life histories to understand how the experience of working
in the U.S. alters migrants’ relationships when they return to their country of origin with their friends, family, and community. In particular, he will discuss the employment opportunities that await former migrants when they return to their country of origin.
After discussing his research in Mexico, Sergio will then shift the focus to
his new collaborative research with sociologist Ted Mouw, also from the UNC Chapel
Hill, on day laborers in North Carolina. The talk will provide an overview of who
day laborers in North Carolina are—including their backgrounds, migration histories,
employment experiences in the U.S., family and friendship ties, self understandings
of mobility in the U.S., and how they cope at a time of increased anti-immigrant
sentiment. Sergio hopes to provide a comparative and historical view of Mexican
migration that will provide some insight on the forces which bring immigrants to
North Carolina.
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