Bulletin #31 (Trans)Border

CLACSO Working Group on Migration and South-South Borders
(Trans)Border Bulletin
Year 5 – Number #31 Migrations in motion: new realities and challenges in field research
November – December 2025

CONTENTS

1. Presentation
   Susanne Willers
   
2. “That’s how I saw her… Walking and waiting”: reflections from fieldwork in Mexico City
   Stephanie Gutiérrez Rangel
   
3. Three reflections on positionality and immobility in the changing context of Tijuana, Mexico
   Pia Berghoff
   
4. A brief reflection on the ethical aspects of fieldwork with migrants in transit through Mexico
   Ana María Chávez and Carlos Lemus Ramírez
   
5. Challenges, methodology and ethical dilemmas during field research in Darién, Panama
   Kelly Johana Henao Castrillón
   
6. Challenges in researching human mobility in Central America in contexts of regressing migration policies
   Ana Lucía Fernández Fernández and Abigail Weitzman
   
7. Mobile subjects, social struggles, and the challenges of “field” research in hostile times
   Martha Cecilia Ruiz M.
   
8. Ethics and methodology in violent contexts: lessons learned from the field in Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Chile
   Cristina Gómez Johnson
   
9. Editorial Policy