Abstract

HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, Oscar Misael. Memory policies of girls and boys in caravan of Central American migrants. Frontera norte [online]. 2020, vol.32, e2014.  Epub June 11, 2021. ISSN 2594-0260.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2014.

This article explores the construction of memory policies for accompanied girls and boys traveling in a caravan of Central American migrants. Theoretically, it is argued that memory has not only a cognitive function, but also a political one, in the sense that they remember and question social processes in the places where it is produced and signified. Methodologically, oral and visual narratives of two girls and four boys from Honduras and Guatemala, who arrived at the Tamaulipas border in February 2019, are used and analyzed in a thematic and dialogical way. It is argued that the policies of children's memory are oriented to the enunciation of violence in their countries of origin, the resistance to the violation experienced during the migratory transit and to the denunciation of American migratory policies. Finally, the findings of the study contribute to the discussions on the agency of migrant children and their relevance as social agents within the Central American Caravans.

Keywords : Children; Memory; Caravans; Central America; Mexico.