Del “exilio” a “la diáspora”. Lenguajes y mediaciones en el proceso de diasporización uruguayo

AbstractUsing a multi-sited ethnography this article explores the conceptualizations of “diaspora” and the recent but sustained “diasporisation process” for the Uruguayan case. Specifically we analyzed how and who compose the “Uruguayan diaspora” in response to the languages and propitiated mediations in the context of the Dirección de Asuntos Consulares y Vinculación, the “Departamento 20” program, and the actions regarding the implementation of the “voting abroad”. For this purpose, the paper reviews the academic literature on migration in Uruguay, describes the intera...