May-ek Querales Mendoza Doctor in Anthropology and Master in Social Anthropology from CIESAS-CDMX, and a degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of UNAM. His lines of research are subjectivity, migration and violence, from the perspective of the Anthropology of Law. Since 2016 he has been part of the Research Committee of the Research Group in Social and Forensic Anthropology (GIASF). He is a member of the Integra-Conacyt Network; She was a volunteer at Mexicanos en Exilio from 2012 to 2016, and at Los Undessables Crew AC from 2010 to 2014. She has experience in Evaluating the Results of Government Programs in Science and Technology, and has publications on migration, violence and processes of exile .

Temáticas

Mexicans in Exile and their political performance: a trench of resistance to the war on drug trafficking

  • May-ek Querales Mendoza

Keywords: collective, social knowledge, performance.

Wn this text I offer a reading of the role that collectivity can play in promoting encounters between people who have gone through circumstances of terror. The material presented here is the result of two extended research stays in El Paso, Texas; one of four months in 2012, and the other of one year in 2014. During these stays I conducted 19 in-depth interviews, participant observation and collaborative work with the organization Mexicans in Exile. Here I analyze under the approach of performance the work of denunciation that has been carried out from the organization; to propose that the membership has developed a political performance that, sustained in three processes of reconnection (subjective, community and political) promoted by the constant encounter and exchange, has allowed them to make their narratives visible and reach the international public sphere.