About Me Voy de Casa
Janina Vargas (panelist), Ely Wright (organizer), Adriana Márquez (panelist), Amanda Salgado (panelist) & Adriana Hidalgo (moderator) in #YoViajoSola: Travels around Asia - May 2019
To our English-speaking community, here you can find some information about what this project is about. We will work on translating the notebook from Spanish to English in 2020 so we can reach travellers & immigrants worldwide. Please reach out if you'd like to find ways to get the notebook delivered to you if you're outside of Ecuador and don't forget to join Wanderful to connect with women all over the world.
Me Voy de Casa [I'm Leaving Home] is a collaborative and interactive notebook inspired in nine panel discussions (convenings) that we organized in Quito to talk about what it means to travel & immigrate alone. We addressed experiences related to mental health, financial obstacles, motherhood, self-care, activism, sisterhood, violence, culture shock, fears, and so much more. It is based on the experiences of more than 30 women who participated in these spaces to share their stories.
The panel discussions were named #YoViajoSola [#ITravelAlone], a hashtag that often becomes viral when a woman is murdered in Latin America during her travels. The hashtag is used to reclaim our right to travel without violence.
#YoViajoSola: Harassment, Prejudices & Building Networks Along The Way - April 2019
Summary of the events (2019):
March:
1) #YoViajoSola [Diverse topics focused on International Women's Day]
April:
2) #YoViajoSola: Travels in South America
3) #YoViajoSola: Harassment, Prejudices & Building Networks Along The Way
May:
4) #YoViajoSola [Diverse topics]
5) #YoViajoSola: Travels in Asia
June:
6) #YoViajoSola: Travels of Immigrant Women
July:
7) #YoViajoSola: Travels in Ecuador
September:
8) #YoViajoSola: Travels in Latin America & Europe
9) 'Me Voy de Casa' Pre-launch event
The notebook contains information, stories, advice, as well as drawing, photography and writing (therapeutic) exercises on all the topics that we covered in the events. You will have the opportunity to plan your trip with a feminist and holistic approach, document your experiences and reflect on your emotions and feelings. Is it divided in 3 chapters: Before, During & After, however, the notebook is meant to be a tool to integrate your life beyond the trip(s).
Table of Contents
- Prologue
- Weaving the journey with life: Some keys to integrate the before, during and after
- Me Voy de Casa - Natalia Lafourcade (Lyrics)
BEFORE
- Why do we travel?
- Prejudices
- Support, community and upbringing
- Planning, organizing and (feminist) research
- Money & budget management
- Resources and information
- Immigration
- Motherhood(s)
- Holistic and intersectional self-care
- Creative documentation of the trip
- Empty pages
DURING
- Home, body and autonomy
- Music, art, transportation and food
- Self-care
- Sisterhood and activism
- Folklorization and touristification
- Encounters with others
- Harassment and violence
- Adaptation processes for immigrant women
- Empty pages
AFTER
- Rest, reflect
- Transformations (in oneself and others)
- Returning to everyday life
- Sharing your lived experiences
- Next trips
- Empty pages
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- Various exercises
- Coloring map (World)
- 2020-2021 Calendar
- Empty pages
Magus Villa Viera (panelist), Ely Wright (organizer), Lola Parreño (moderator), Giovana Milanesi (panelist) in #YoViajoSola: Diverse Topics - May 2019
Audience in #YoViajoSola: Travels around Asia - May 2019
