Description
This ethnographic and archival research aims to understand how the Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) community of San Diego has continued to exist as a transnational community in San Diego through their engagement in particular socio-cultural practices. I will start off by creating historical and statistical context for which the Mixtec community of San Jorge Nuchita, Oaxaca left the homeland during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, what could be considered, the first wave of migration of this pueblo. I will continue with setting the scene for the first destination of this community, being the cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas. In doing so I aim to understand the politics, and culture that existed in these cities, upon the arrival of the Ñuu Savi community in the late 80's and throughout the 90's, taking mainly into account the contestation Mixtec experienced from both white suprematist of Northern San Diego County and those involved in the expansion of commercial San Diego. This research will also look at socio-cultural practices during the early wave of migration that allowed for the continuous existence of Ñuu Savis in the cities of San Diego County today. With the use of oral histories, archives, and auto ethnography, I aim to unearth and bring to light this relatively unknown part of San Diego history, and highlight the brilliancy of the Mixtec community, specifically those from San Jorge Nuchita that have maintained their identity as Indigenous people in the face of pressure to assimilate into American culture and the visibly present Latinx community of San Diego.
Migración Mixteca: De Oaxaca to San Diego, CA
This ethnographic and archival research aims to understand how the Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) community of San Diego has continued to exist as a transnational community in San Diego through their engagement in particular socio-cultural practices. I will start off by creating historical and statistical context for which the Mixtec community of San Jorge Nuchita, Oaxaca left the homeland during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, what could be considered, the first wave of migration of this pueblo. I will continue with setting the scene for the first destination of this community, being the cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas. In doing so I aim to understand the politics, and culture that existed in these cities, upon the arrival of the Ñuu Savi community in the late 80's and throughout the 90's, taking mainly into account the contestation Mixtec experienced from both white suprematist of Northern San Diego County and those involved in the expansion of commercial San Diego. This research will also look at socio-cultural practices during the early wave of migration that allowed for the continuous existence of Ñuu Savis in the cities of San Diego County today. With the use of oral histories, archives, and auto ethnography, I aim to unearth and bring to light this relatively unknown part of San Diego history, and highlight the brilliancy of the Mixtec community, specifically those from San Jorge Nuchita that have maintained their identity as Indigenous people in the face of pressure to assimilate into American culture and the visibly present Latinx community of San Diego.