Papa-dem (puertorriqueños), cruceños y británicos (garrets): el etnopaisaje de la diáspora de los pescadores en la Isla de Santa Cruz, en las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses (IVE)

Abstract

This article explores the relationship between fishing and the diaspora of various Caribbean groups in St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). The article faces the challenge of putting together the puzzle of understanding how migrants reconstruct their identities and imagine their communities, across borders and boundaries. The authors use the concept of ethnoscape to describe and analyze the historical processes of the formation of an ethnically diverse environment in the fishing context. From that perspective, they look at the trajectory of Puerto Ricans (the Papa-Dem), Cruzans, and migrants from the British islands of the Caribbean archipelago. The bulk of the data comes from an ethnographic fieldwork project (of a rapid assessment nature) in St. Croix and the examination of primary and secondary sources.