Letters from Luis and Interview with Kate Swanson, Part 2 of 3
Kate Swanson, born and raised in southern Ontario, Canada, is a professor of urban geography with a focus on social…
The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the most heavily trafficked border crossing in the world. A few miles to the north, the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) detains migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. These carceral spaces shape the social fabric of the region and manifest in mundane forms, such as the borders that mark the contours of neighborhoods and border checkpoints. These oral histories describe the experiences of living in and navigating these spaces.
Kate Swanson, born and raised in southern Ontario, Canada, is a professor of urban geography with a focus on social…
Luis, a queer identified 19 year old boy from El Salvador, who came during the caravan of 2018. He is…
A collection of letters written by Venezuelan detained migrants covering the topics of their life in Venezuela, conflict, their detained…
Short term or long term, any contribution towards a form of resistance sparks change, although it may not always be…
Ivette Lorona, a second-year graduate student at San Diego State University studying Public Health and Latin American Studies, is the…
Kate Swanson, originally from Canada, is a professor of human geography at San Diego State University. Her work specifically focuses…
A collection of letters written by Venezuelan detained migrants covering the topics of their life in Venezuela, conflict, their detained…
For my final oral history project, I chose to interview and document multiple youth that cross the United States-Mexico border…
This interview is conducted with Yesenia Nuñez, one of the staff from Casa Familiar. She moved from Mexico to the…
Hello, I am proud to present my Oral History Project for HIUS 144 SP 2018. In this post you will…