From Nahua migrants to residents in Sonora, Mexico. Issue 2 (4th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Castellanos Domínguez, Alex R.; Johnson, Anne W.
• Is Part Of: Third world thematics. Volume 2:Issue 2/3(2017)
• Page Start: 391
• Page End: 405
• Publication Date: 2017-05-04
• Subjects: Nahuas of Guerrero -- Sonora -- place-making -- ritual -- indigenous migration -- development tourism; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2017.1347058
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-9978

Abstract

Abstract: The ritual of the Holy Cross celebrated by 'outsider' Nahuas from Guerrero has caused conflicts between conservationists, migrants and local indigenous groups such as the Tohono O'odham (Pápago), who also consider El Pinacate part of their sacred landscape. In this text, we analyse the place-making practices of Nahua migrants in Sonora as one of the means by which collective social actors navigate the complexities of a modernity characterised by mobility, economic precariousness and ecological degradation. Institutional development policies, we argue, rarely consider the diversity of the populations they are meant to serve, or the diversity of these populations' approaches to well-being.