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Not Just Migrants: People on the Move in Rural Mexico

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Following the lead of Judith-Maria Buechler and Hans Buechler, who have always been guided by a dialogic approach that called for listening to the people we are studying, has led me to the examination of the movement of people from San Cosme Mazatecochco within and beyond Mexico. Over the years, community members pointed not only to the connections and movements between and among people, but also between economic sectors, rural and urban communities, and the local and world economic system.

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Rothstein, F.A. (2016). Not Just Migrants: People on the Move in Rural Mexico. In: Nash, J.C., Buechler, H.C. (eds) Ethnographic Collaborations in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137521231_10

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