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Acknowledgments

First, I want to express my most sincere thanks to all those who participated in the research that became this book. I cannot name you here, but please know that the stories and knowledge you shared with me have been my constant motivation during the long process of completing this project. Mil gracias.

The project began with my doctoral research at the School of Geography and School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. My heartfelt gratitude goes to Cathy McIlwaine, now at King’s College London, whose expertise and research experience have been, and continue to be, a true inspiration. Her invariably insightful comments on my work during the PhD and beyond, and her kindness, generosity, and mentoring, are deeply appreciated. Very many thanks also to James Dunkerley, who gave valuable feedback throughout my doctoral research, and whose breadth of knowledge and passion for his work I greatly admire. Thanks also to Kavita Datta, whose helpful commentary at the progression stage informed my subsequent approach “in the field” and after. I was additionally very fortunate to have such thorough and constructive examiners in Jasmine Gideon and Davide Però, who helped convince me to pursue writing this book. At Queen Mary, I was lucky enough to undertake the PhD journey with a brilliant cohort. The animated discussions, many curries, and marathon completion (literal and metaphorical) shared with Hayley Peacock, Victoria Pickering, Suzanne Solley, and Annabelle Wilkins are especially acknowledged. The research would not have been possible without a Queen Mary Principal’s Studentship and additional funding for fieldwork from the Queen Mary Postgraduate Research Fund and the Society of Latin American Studies. I am grateful for their support.

As an LSE Fellow in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, I have found an ideal place in which to complete this book. My colleagues in the Urbanisation, Planning and Development research cluster and in the wider department have been so welcoming and encouraging. I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Sylvia Chant, Ryan Centner, Gareth Jones, Claire Mercer, and Austin Zeiderman for the advice and suggestions they have generously given.

It has been an absolute pleasure to work with my editor Kate Marshall at the University of California Press, whose many contributions include guiding me to elucidate much more clearly the argument at the heart of the work. Thanks too to editorial assistant Bradley Depew and to the rest of the editorial, production, and marketing teams. The comments of the three anonymous reviewers and the depth of their engagement with the manuscript could not have been more appreciatively received. Their astute comments and observations have made this a far better book. I am grateful also to the member of the University of California Press Editorial Committee who reviewed the revised version of the manuscript.

Sarah Abel, Lauren Harris, and Rachel Randall were there when this all started with our fantastic MPhil year at the Centre of Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge and have been there ever since. And without Diana Crossan, those initial postgraduate studies would not have happened. Helen Lyttelton, my partner in crime and fellow writer, read this manuscript in its entirety in an early iteration. “Coach” Kirsten Mander has unflaggingly cheered me on. Many other dear friends across four continents have also been an important part of this, and I am sorry not to be able to do justice to you all.

I am indebted to all those who shared their homes with me in Chile and Bolivia, in particular Daniela Jadue, Katherine Despot, Juan Despot, Patricia Ulloa, María Rosa Garcia, and Álvaro Zapata. And of course thank-you to Nora Núñez and Basilio Torres, Alejandra Torres, Adelmo, Rocío, Camilo, Joaquín, and Catalina Muñoz for welcoming me always with open arms and delicious vegetarian asados. On the other side of the world, Lizzie Jones and Philip Greenstone; Rodrigo Torres and Alexandra Tzirkoti; Ruth, Paul, Jess, and Maya Denyer; and Helen Wensley have put me up and put up with me in London over the past six years. Along with Sue, Robin, and Ben Wensley, and Irene Horner, they have played an enormous role in making England feel like home again and enabling me to complete this endeavor.

To my brother and sister, Finlay and Caitlin Ryburn, your courage and humor on our family’s own migration journey helps keep me going. Thank-you. And my deepest thanks to my husband Pablo Torres for his support throughout all that this has entailed. It would take many more pages to fully acknowledge the magnitude of your contribution. But perhaps it is somewhat encapsulated in that verse from Mario Benedetti’s poem: “si te quiero es porque sos / mi amor mi cómplice y todo / y en la calle codo a codo / somos mucho más que dos.” Finally, to my mum, Liz Ryburn, and my dad, Murray Ryburn, who instilled in me through actions and conversations a concern with social justice: Dad, how I wish you were here to see this published and to shed a proud fatherly tear, as no doubt you would. Mum, there aren’t words to express how present you have been through all of this. Suffice it to say, this is dedicated to you both.