Identificaciones y territorialización de migrantes quechuas de Bolivia en Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, Argentina

Abstract

Our case study is located in the city of Caleta Olivia, an urban center and oil hub in northern Santa Cruz (Argentina). The propose of this article is to contribute to the field of “Indigenous Geography”, by analyzing spatial aspects of differentiation and identification of a group of Indigenous-Bolivian migrants who identify as Quechua, including aspects of class, nationality and gender in the context of immigration. We are interested in analyzing how indigenous and migrant identities intersect in complex ways in the urban context, which is different from their places of origin, primarily rural areas of Cochabamba. In Caleta Olivia, Quechua-Bolivian migrants live mostly in a “high” sector of the city, called “Barrio 3 de febrero”, an area whose dynamics and complexity are analyzed here.