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Within, Beyond, & Back: a Symposium on Ecuador and Migration

Image of Jokisch, Wibbelsman, Lombeyda, and Kline
February 27, 2015
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
306 Pomerene Hall

A small Andean country of only 15 million, migration patterns within, from, and back to Ecuador are unusually dynamic and complex. Our panelists will discuss migration histories, the networks and cosmopolitanism characterizing contemporary flows within Ecuador and in the Ecuadorian diaspora, and the emerging social spaces created by return migrants and amenity migrants. We will also consider the experiences and challenges of Ecuadorian immigrants in central Ohio.

Panel Mambers: 

Dr. Brad Jokisch, Geography, Ohio University, "Extending the Sierra: How International Migration from Ecuador's Oriente Reflects Trans-Local Networks."

Dr. Michelle Wibbelsman, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, OSU, "Otavalan Transitional Migrants: Indigenous Global Mobility."

Patricia Lombeyda, Founder & Principal, Villelomby Consultants & Ecuatorianos Together, "The Challenges of Ecuadorians in Columbus, Ohio."

Anisa Kline, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, OSU, "The Amenity Migrants of Cotacachi, Ecuador."