Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Historical Overview The presence of different Asian communities in Latin America is a long one, yet a much forgotten or omitted one from history. It was however when Acapulco and Manila connected in 1565 that globalization truly began. With it, global migration also began in to […]
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Week 4 – Mexican Migration Continued
Mexican migration is one of the most studied around the world. Research on mobilities from Mexico to the United States has been used as examples when researching other mobilities within Latin America and beyond. A good example of this is the concept of cumulative causation, whereby members build networks from close-knit communities. The pioneer migrant […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Course Outline
Syllabus Migration to, from and within Latin America are made up of structures that are in constant movement and transformation. Mobilities from the 19th Century to present day have shaped and reshaped a continent socially, culturally, economically, and politically. Today there is a much more intimate and complex relationship between migrants and receiving societies. The […]
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