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Migration
Migration: What Is It?
• Migration is–The movement of a person or people
from one place to another• Multiple causes• Multiple consequences
Anthropological Study of Migration
• A challenge to traditional anthropological work
• Multi-sited research often necessary• Macro-micro factors
– Local versus global issues• Categories of migration
– Based on geography– Based on reason(s) for moving
Categories of Migration Based on Spatial Boundaries
• Internal migration• International migration• Transnational migration
Internal Migration
• Rural-to-urban is the dominant form
• Push-pull theory: – little opportunity at home in rural sector– perceived quality-of-life factors, “rational
choice” that more options exist in the city– concepts of where a better life can be achieved
International Migration
• Growing since 1945• Work-related reasons important for
voluntary migrants• Increasing involuntary international
migrants– E.g. refugees from political violence, trafficked
persons• Major political issue among nations
receiving refugees
Transnational Migration
• Where a person regularly moves back and forth between two or more countries
• Often motivated by economic factors• Importance of remittances: money sent
back to home country
Categories of Migration Based on Reason for Moving
• Labor migrants• Displaced persons• Institutional migrants
Labor Migrants
• Wage labor migration– Work period brief, no permanent residence
• Entrepreneurial migration– Migrants moving to set up businesses and trade– Has been occurring for centuries
• Professional migration– Highly trained immigrants seeking jobs in more
developed countries– “Brain drains” in less developed countries
Displaced Persons or Involuntary Migrants
• Refugees: largest group of migrants worldwide
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Refugees
• A large/growing category of displaced persons
• International displacement• Roughly one of every 500 people in the
world• Majority are women/children• Causes: war, conflict, climate change• Major political issue
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
• Fastest-growing category of displaced people
• Over 20 million people today• Africa has the most IDPs• Causes:
– Political violence – Development projects (Development Induced
Displacement or DIDs) such as dams, roads, other public works
Institutional Migrants
• People who move into a social institution– Voluntary: e.g. going away to school, joining the
military– Involuntary: e.g. going to jail, moving into a
retirement home– Both have issues of adjustment to the new
cultural system
Environment and Migration
• Global environmental issues:– Climate change
• Politically contested, scientifically accepted– Indigenous, small-scale, marginalized societies
often the first to suffer consequences• Rising sea levels in Kiribati, Island in Pacific; island
nation literally disappearing• Glacier melt in Bolivia: source of water for indigenous
communities disappearing– Migration is the cost of climate change in many
places worldwide, will only grow
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