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Through an extended case methodology and the use of ethnographic vignettes, it examines the transgenerational transmission of trauma in migratory contexts, along with the school, linguistic, and emotional barriers migrant families face. The interpretive analysis of Dani \u2018s drawing,\n                    <jats:italic>Once a Useful Engine<\/jats:italic>\n                    , serves as a central narrative device, symbolizing the tension between agency and structure in the lived experience of trauma. The article offers a situated reading of suffering, grounded in the concepts of memory, structural violence, and the micro, meso, and macro-level dynamics shaping Dani \u2018s and his family\u2019s trajectory. 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