Themes Of Diaspora Flashcards
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Homeland
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- The land which migrant originated
- Or land which ancestor or affinity migrants are oriented
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Sojourner
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Migrants who plan to work in another land for set period of time, or until financial goal met
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Temporary Migrants
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- Plan to join the diaspora for only short period of time
4
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Odyssey migrants
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- ‘Explore a new world’ without definitive plan of residence
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Indentured Servant
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- Meant to guarantee one’s labour for set period of time to whoever paid the cost of passage
6
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Assisted migration (Themes)
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- Help for people who cannot afford cost of passage by themselves
- Serves both parties
- Indentured servants
- Work expected in return
7
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Philanthropic Migration (Themes)
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- Help for those who cannot afford the cost of passage
- Charitable
8
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Victim Diaspora
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- Those forced from homes or fled threats or persecution
9
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Soldier Settlements
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- Armed forces who have travelled then settled
- Found in various parts of the diaspora
10
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Chain Migration
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- Blood, kin and knowledge links across great distances that connected one community in Scotland with one overseas
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Transplanted community
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- Where Scottish institutions are found in the host country which are direct reflections of what would be found in homeland
12
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Return Migrants
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- Those who return to homeland during their lifetime
- Also includes those who return to homeland of parents/grandparents
13
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Affinity Scots
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- Return migrants with lack of ethnic origins
14
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Cultural assimilation
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- Where diasporas prioritise their assimilated lives
15
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Inter-generational legacies
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- Those who persist in prioritising their Scottish lineage
- Work to pass on that identity to their children
