Memories of Venezuelan barbers in the construction of networks: stories of "the Caracas" of El Chagualo in Medellín

Abstract

In the dialogue with two Venezuelan barbers who decided to settle in the El Chagualo neighborhood of Medellín; It is necessary to expose the motivations that led them to move from their place of origin, learn about their ways of life and analyze their economic dynamics. Thus, as a product of extensive conversations in a fieldwork, towards a study of the relationships that have been the basis for these Venezuelans to have been able to migrate and settle, two dimensions of the concept of networks were identified; a first, which are the relationships of affection with actors in the destination place, and the second, which are the labor ties with the Colombian and Venezuelan population. With an ethnographic method accompanied by strategies such as participant observation, interviews and the use of an indefinite stay by those who have migrated, the objective of this article will finally be to relate the memory of those who have been protagonists of their own history.