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.<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s reading(s), although the main article deals also with development, what I wanted you all to see was a few ways of how migration has been looked upon throughout different times. The one aspect, to my mind that never changes however is, regardless of time or era; migration is constantly viewed as a problem in need of management. Even with transnational approaches to migration, it is seen first as a problem.<\/p>\n
What do you guys think?<\/p>\n
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In the article Faist talks about the stages or phases of migration since the 1950s and 60s.<\/p>\n
Phase 1: Migration and development \u2013 remittances and return<\/p>\n
Phase 2: Underdevelopment and migration \u2013 poverty and the brain drain<\/p>\n
Phase 3: Migration and (co)development \u2013 the celebration of transnational circulation<\/p>\n
Phase 1, according to Faist, took place during the 50s and 60s, where there was a substantial need for migrant labour to fill in the gaps in the employment markets of many Western countries. The idea was that people would temporarily migrate to Western countries, which would allow many to send remittance back home, and contribute to the development of each of these countries. The idea was that once the migrant returned home, he or she would not have only sent money during his\/her time abroad, but would also bring home new and \u2018modern\u2019 ways of doing things, thereby helping their countries continue on the path to development.<\/p>\n
Phase 2 according to Faist can be seen through poverty and the concept of brain drain, where developed countries were seen as poaching talented skilled and highly skilled individuals, thereby contributing to further poverty in the \u2018global south\u2019.<\/p>\n
Phase 3 can be regarded as the transnational phase, where it is argued that migrants themselves can take action, and become agents of change rather than just looking on as to how structures around them are built, defined, and carried-out without much say in the matter. The idea here is that migrants are currently viewed as agents of change, of their own destiny, one could say, rather than just passive participants in how the world works.<\/p>\n
Migrants are viewed this way now; but have they not always been in charge of some of their lives, just like non-migrants? Has human mobility always made people look weak, or is this just the view from outside by those who think human mobility takes peoples\u2019 ability to make decisions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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