Las múltiples movilidades de la migración. El caso de migrantes chilenos en Francia

Resumen

At the outset of the 21st Century, the notion of mobility has broadened in scope to examine the migrant experience from a more multi-dimensional perspective. Our research focuses on « the experience of mobility » by migrants, which is defined as the entirety of physical, social, relational and virtual transitions experienced through significant displacement, as well as the knowledge gained through those experiences. We hypothesize that the experience of mobility by migrants is multi-facetted and has a profound impact on the individuals who have been transformed through migration. « Mobility », therefore, can no longer be defined as a simple physical movement. Our methodological approach is based on the personal narratives of 60 Chilean migrants to France during various waves of migration. Finally, if we accept the idea that mobility is an all-encompassing social phenomenon, we may also consider that the act of migration represents a « total mobility ».