Abstract
Migrations, mobility systems and life spaces : in search of models. — The migration patterns of Andean peasants in the Bolivian highlands (region of Cochabamba) call for a new approach to migration based on three key concepts: the mobility system, the socio-spatial network of emigration and the socio- spatial life sphere. This article is based on an example of internal migration and an example of external migration and suggests a model of space utilisation that recalls ancestral practices of pre- Hispanic Andean society. The migrant, who does not wish to leave his land, broadens his life space by basing his subsistence logic on a complementarity of places and diversification of economic activities. These migratory strategies, analysed from the places of origin, take root in the community organisation of local societies while adapting to the national and international spheres.
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