Abstract

ETIENNE, Guillaume. The memory of migrations as a medium for municipal promotion: the emigrant's festivity of Murtosa. Etnográfica [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.3, pp.629-652. ISSN 0873-6561.  https://doi.org/10.4000/etnografica.7808.

How are migration and the resulting transnational relationships re-interpreted by residents and their elected representatives in the prism of diverse spheres of local social life? This article examines how transnational links go beyond the territories, cities and countries concerned and ultimately serve as a basis for other types of relationships, particularly tourism. The case of Murtosa, a city marked by a “culture of migration”, illustrates such a process of widening ties. My remarks begin by presenting the establishment of a consensus on respect for emigrants and its corollary, less legitimate, of voices questioning this consensus. Second, I discuss how new links are created, including by means of an “emigrant’s festivity,” extending beyond the cities involved in traditional migration routes. Finally, the integration of a policy to enhance the value of the emigrant raises the question of how to take on migration and transnational relations as resources in tourism and local development perspectives.

Keywords : migration; tourism; celebration; transnationalism; Murtosa.

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