Migration experiences in a globalized world: digital strategies, cultural heritage, and collective memory

Abstract

This special issue examines migratory experience as a matter of memory and the politics of remembrance. 
From the distinction between communicative and cultural memory to the transnational circulation of traces 
and narratives, it considers archives, family collections, newspaper repositories, museums, and digital 
platforms as active agents that shape communities and steer public deliberation. The digital realm enables 
open, interoperable corpora yet demands responsible criteria for description, access, and preservation. It 
also addresses archival critique and postcolonial perspectives, the ethics of images and testimony, and 
curatorial challenges of exhibiting mobility without essentialisms. Grounded in case studies between Spain 
and Latin America, the dossier combines explicit methods and historical sensitivity to balance openness and 
care, internationalization and local anchoring, technique and shared responsibility.