Everyday practices of citizenship at an Amazonian tri-border region (Brazil, Colombia, Peru)

The article aims to understand border citizenship not as a normative model, but as an everyday experience that people talk about through their lives, struggles and survival strategies. The empirical data reported here were produced from qualitative research developed between 2014 and 2018 by the authors with the support of local researchers who, among other things, have helped to conduct field observations, interviews and focus groups on border territories of Colombia, Peru and Brazil. The fundamental outcome was to think about border citizenship at the intersection with territory, state and market, emphasizing the tactics of citizenship produced from cross-border mobilities and the quest for rights in neighboring countries, even when the authorities consider certain practices illegal. From this perspective, citizenship tactics are important social resources rooted in the everyday life of border territories.