Identidad, Migración y Desarrollo local en el caso de los Afroquiteños

Abstract

The search for greater economic opportunities through work and education are some of the reasons that have prompted generations of Afro-Ecuadorians and Afro-Ecuadorians to leave their places of settlement such as the Chota Valley, Esmeraldas, Carchi, among others towards the capital Quito This research aims to identify factors and recognize the conditions of migration of Afro-Ecuadorians to the city of Quito, focusing especially on the neighborhood of Carapungo. The above will be discussed as a social phenomenon of internal migration, the product of unequal social and economic conditions that have resulted in the displacement of this population to the main urban centers of the country. In addition, we also frame the discrimination that Afro-Ecuadorians suffer by only fighting to maintain their cultural identity in the midst of a social context outside theirs. When talking about development in this essay, he refers to the activities that Afro-descendants exercise in the city of Quito to contribute and energize their economies to achieve family stability both in the city and in their places of origin, as well as their contribution not visible to the national economy. For this, a descriptive approach to analysis was applied, through qualitative methodological tools such as surveys and interviews to key subjects to support, verify and support the objective associated with the respective analysis that will be done on migration, identity and local development of Afro-Catalonians, In addition to the challenges to which they have been subjected in the search for social and economic equality and equity.