migrations to and from latin america – past and present

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Week 3 – Mexican Migration

This article brings forth a different aspect of temporality. Temporality is usually taken for what it is supposed to represent, a short time someplace such as an international student doing a semester or year abroad; or working in a different place for some time before moving on. Yet this article places temporality almost as a […]

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Week 2 – Theory Continued

Twenty-First-Century Migration as a Challenge to Sociology Although this article deals specifically with Sociology, I think it is relevant to many of the related social sciences such as Anthropology and Human Geography. The author sets out to explain 7 points, and how they have changed, shifted, or need to change in order for Sociology to […]

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Transnational MIgration

Since this is a survey course, we will touch on a variety of geographies, issues, and mobilities. First though, we will touch on some theoretical aspects in order to get different ideas on how migration is viewed, studies, and handled. This week’s reading(s), although the main article deals also with development, what I wanted you […]

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