Migrant childhoods and memories in Barcelona: recollections of violence

Luciana Hedrera-Manara, doctoranda del programa Persona y Sociedad en el Mundo Contemporáneo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. lu.hedrera@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2975-727X

Lupicinio Íñiguez-Rueda, catedrático del Departamento de Psicología Social, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. lupicinio.iniguez@uab.cat. ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1936-9428

The memories of boys and girls who migrate contain past and present experiences of countries of origin and destination, as well as experiences of movement. This paper presents the results of research that aims to identify how migrant children’s memories are constructed around experiences of violence and practices of agency. From the perspective of the new social studies of childhood and based on a field study in the city of Barcelona, ​​it shows that in various spaces violence is conditioned by a web of power relations and vectors of differentiation (ethnicity, gender, nationality, age). It concludes that these memories strain the conception of violence against children as an individual, domestic/private problem, and generate meanings that facilitate agency for such childhoods in the present, going beyond vulnerability and subordination.

Keywords: childhood, social memory, cartography, migration, violence, agency, Barcelona

How to cite this article:   Hedrera-Manara, Luciana y Íñiguez-Rueda, Lupicinio. «Memorias e infancias migradas en Barcelona: recuerdos sobre violencias». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n.º 133 (abril de 2023), p. 183-205. DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2023.133.1.183

Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 133, p. 183-205   
Quadrimestral (January-April 2023)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2023.133.1.183

Reception date: 01.09.22  ; Acceptance date:  20.01.23

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