Aproximación teórica metodológica para el estudio etnohistórico de los migrantes

Abstract

The paper presents some theoretical and methodological references used in ethnohistorical research. In the particular case the reader is invited to apply to historical studies in the migration set as an object of study and thread. In this line, the migration processes account for the center of analysis, but they will be groups of people who participate in them. Therefore, this research is part of a context that gives special attention to the historical- anthropological account of the elements that characterize social groups of migrants in recent periods. They not only are studied internal group but also in their relationships with others involved in the host society. In other words, one of the main contributions of ethnohistorical analysis is like delving into the lives of migrants, forms of organization, treatment they received as newcomers, including several aspects that are woven into the de facto relationship established with the local inhabitants. Taken to this end, some theoretical approaches which have been used to study this relationship.