Dilemmas of belonging and vigilance of Latinx racialized as migrants in the US-Mexico borderland (B06)

• Subject Area: Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 394775490

The project focuses on the vigilance of persons of Latino descent in San Diego who are racialized as migrants despite being U.S. citizens. It examines processes of upward social mobility and the resulting ambivalences toward belonging. We highlight the interplay of self-perception and perception by others, of adaptation, demarcation, and introspection, which, in the racialized context of the U.S.-Mexico borderland, produces vigilant actors who navigate predominantly "white" social spaces.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1369: Cultures of Vigilance. Transformations - Spaces - Practices
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Eveline Dürr