Abstract:

This paper will explore the position of women from Morocco in Spain; it will offer an intergenerational and visual analysis of the transmission of cultural and transnational values and research the role of informal education in transforming, adapting and living such values. We will analyses the coexistence of three generations of mature and young women (mothers and daughters) in Spain from an intergenerational perspective: the women who first migrated to Spain (generation 1.0); their children who were born in Spain (generation 2.0); and those women who migrated to Spain by family regrouping and/or were younger than 15 when they migrated (generation 1.5). The objective of this study is to analyses the influence of transnational networks (between the country of origin and the host country) in their role of maintaining values and cultural practices expressed in both countries. The research analyses the cultural reproductions that take place in the relationships between mothers and their children. Among the ethnographic methodologies used in this study are ‘ethnograms’ or ‘visual diaries’ made by these women, especially diaries produced by young Muslim women, which visually illustrate or communicate what a day in their lives is like. These images or photographs, generated by themselves or by their mothers, are valued as basis documents to develop and produce further photographic interviews.  

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