The reverse dynamics of internal migration in Perú due to Covid-19 as an ethical-theological place

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v20i2.2454

Keywords:

COVID-19, Internal migration, forced displacement, practices of resistance

Abstract

Among the multiple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, the exodus of thousands of citizens stands out. During the first months of social confinement in 2020, they returned from Lima to their places of origin due to the impossibility of coping with quarantine measures without employment or support networks. This article reflects on this social phenomenon’s ethical and theological implications, interpreting the reversal of internal migration trends in Peru as a locus to understand the systemic violence of the current political-economic system, to recognize the practices of survival and creative solidarity of their victims, and to problematize pending debts and colonial legacies. The experience of these victims-survivors is a place from which to imagine an alternative
ethical-political horizon for a Bicentennial Peru and a theological discourse committed to a historical praxis of substantive social change and solidarity with the oppressed.

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Author Biography

Juan Miguel Espinoza Portocarrero, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Magíster y licenciado en Historia por la PUCP, donde se desempeña como docente asociado en el Departamento de Teología. Actualmente, estudia un Master of Divinity en la Escuela de Teología de Boston
College. Su investigación aborda el estudio de la recepción del Concilio Vaticano II en el Perú y Latinoamérica, participando del proyecto Vatican II: Legacy and Mandate. Entre sus publicaciones, destacan dos libros próximos a aparecer: Más en las obras que en las palabras. Historia de los centros sociales de la Compañía
de Jesús en el Perú (UARM-PUCP, 2021) y Universidad en salida. Catolicismo, ciudadanía y responsabilidad social en la historia de la PUCP.

Published

2021-12-03

How to Cite

Espinoza Portocarrero, J. M. (2021). The reverse dynamics of internal migration in Perú due to Covid-19 as an ethical-theological place. Phainomenon, 20(2), 151–160. https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v20i2.2454