Scientific migration between México and the USA: A case of agricultural engineers
Abstract
The object of this study is the migratory experience and its meaning
for a group of Mexican scientists who participate in the
construction of a migration circuit between México and the USA
in the field of agricultural sciences. I define this circuit of scientific
migration as a historical, social and cultural fact, and in order to
approach it, I base myself on the transnational perspective of
migration. From this point of view, I understand the scientific
migration circuit as a field of social relations that extends between
México and the USA. In order to study this experience and its
meaning, I turn to the historical reconstruction of the scientific
migration circuit between both countries, to participant
observation, to informal talks and to the collection and analysis
of testimonies. I focused on three crucial moments of the migrants’
experience: the one before traveling to the USA, the one produced
during their stay in a North American university, and that
generated upon returning to a research center in México. Likewise,
three important factors which determine and make the experience
and its meaning different are analyzed: gender, academic career,
and attachment to the circuit.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:
- The authors retain the copyright and transfer to the magazine the right of the first publication, with the work registered with the Creative Commons attribution license, which allows third parties to use what is published as long as they mention the authorship of the work and the first publication in this magazine.
- Authors may make other independent and additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (e.g., including it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book) as long as they clearly indicate that the work It was first published in this magazine.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (for example on institutional or personal pages) before and during the review and publication process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and greater and faster dissemination of the work. published (see The Effect of Open Access).
