Chapter 12 Flashcards
What are the mobile populations of human history?
Foragers, horticulturists and pastoralists.
What proportion of people are immigrants?
1/7
What do anthropologists pay attention to with migration?
- class, gender, race and ethnicity
- Pattern of migration
- Historical and political context of migration
- Local and global perspectives of migration
What is the diaspora population?
People that all have a shared sense of belonging to a place/region but live elsewhere.
What is the impact of neoliberal economic policies?
- free market
- borrowing money from multinational aid agencies
- production for global market
- price drop
- debt
- structural adjustment policies
What are labour migrants?
Workers who more temporarily to work, not allowed to stay permanently bc of visa.
What is circular migration?
Migrants move between work sites, often across national borders
What is chain migration? Example?
When new immigrants attract to their friends and families to join them in a new location. Dominicans in America.
What is institutional migration?
- monks/nuns, the elderly/soldiers/development workers
- prisoners
- students of boarding schools and universities
- the canadian residential schools system for the first nations people
What are the reasons behind inclusion of migrants?
Economic interest
What are the reasons behind exclusion of migrants?
lifeboat mentality, working class racism, religion
What is migration syndrome?
It is a psychological phase which is developed among people in developing countries and they start believing that only migration to the developed countries can improve their life.
What are refugees?
Victims of persecution forced to leave their home country and move to another nation.
What does geneva convention say about refugees?
If someone asks for asyum they should be allowed to move to somewhere safe
What are the rights of refugees?
- be economically self-reliant
- right to work (article 17)
- right to self employment and right to establish businesses (article 18)
- move freely within the country
- apply for citizenship
Who are internally displaced persons?
People who have to move within their home country?
What were the main groups of immigrants that came to Canada in 70s?
Haitians, Sikhs, Vietnamese
What were the main groups of immigrants that came to Canada in 90s?
Bosnian refugees, Soviet jewry.
What are astronauts?
Business people who fly between cities for work purposes
What is a transnational country? Examples?
Country with large population of people living outside of its borders
-ex. Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, DR, Portugal
Tell me about Haitians cane cutters in DR.
Had an agreement that they would do temporary work migration but it is not in effect anymore. Still happens illegally or privately.
What are the two views on haitian cane cutters?
- this system is neo-slavery and violating human rights (structurist)
- not slavery bc its voluntary migration (human agency)
What type of migrant are Maya of guatemala?
Internally displaced, experienced genocide, exploited by spanish.
What are recent immigration trends?”
- globalization
- acceleration
- feminization
What are the three main groups of new asian immigrants?
1975 elite, boat people, ethnic chinese.
