🇬🇹In Search of Providence: Mayan Border Crossings in a time of marginality, violence & exclusion. 🇬🇹
Guatemalans have been coming to Providence Rhode Island for decades, changing the land, life, and landscape of the U.S.'s smallest state.  So too has this changed the geography of Guatemala as people continue to make their way to la "costa norte".  Patricia Foxen has followed this pathway of migration for two decades, and in doing so exposes a challenging experience that is embedded in geographies of exclusion, especially for Mayan Guatemalans.  According to Foxen, a Trump Whitehouse has worsened these geographies of exclusion. Patricia Foxen is a cultural anthropologist who has worked extensively with Latino immigrant and refugee communities in the US, Canada and Latin America. Her research focuses on the intersection of migration, violence, culture and mental health, particularly among indigenous migrants and at-risk youth. She has taught at Vanderbilt University and the University of Toronto and is currently the Deputy Director of Research at UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the US, and a visiting fellow at American University. She is the author of "In search of Providence: Transnational Mayan Identities." Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish