(Universidad Icesi, 2011-08-01) Arango Londoño, José Alejandro
This article offers a brief overview of the historic process of the Japanese migration to the Valle
del Cauca, using as its transversal analytic axis the concept of region based on a relational
perspective, namely, thinking of region as exchanges. Hence, the key objective of this paper
is to identify a particular way, in which the Japanese migration played an important part in
the construction of Valle del Cauca, following the dynamics of affiliation of the settlers with
this region. The main thesis of this article is that the Japanese settlers had experienced a
changing integration process in the region, as they were introduced into different projects
of regional construction in a successful way.
