Afrodescendents people, representations and social mobility at Tuluá

Abstract

The article presents a synthesis of research on social mobility representations of migrants and children of migrants of African descent in the town of Tuluá-Valle del Cauca. Based on qualitative analysis tools applied to information gathered about a group of African descent residents in the city, the author analyzes some discursive manifestations that speak of representations of social mobility and its relationship to racial ethnic condition. Among the findings can highlight the dissonance between the positive perception and evidence of an upward micromobility migrant men and their families, and dissatisfaction and no accomplishment or partial accomplishment of the pretensions of mobility of the children/grandchildren of migrants and of women heads of household of African descent in the city of Tuluá.