Migrants of identity : perceptions of home in a world of movement pdf

Nigel Rapport siente que ha venido al lugar correcto para continuar su investigación sobre el cosmopolitismo. Rapport se ha unido al Departamento de Sociología y Antropología de Concordia de la Universidad de St. Andrews en Escocia. Es un cambio de una pequeña ciudad medieval que él describe como "Cambridge junto al mar" a una gran ciudad con un campus urbano. El antropólogo británico ha sido nombrado Cátedra de Investigación de Canadá, Nivel 1, en Globalización, Ciudadanía y Justicia Social. También es el director fundador del Concordia Center for Cosmopolitan Studies, lanzando programas de investigación y talleres que promueven una apreciación de los derechos, las capacidades y la experiencia del individuo global.

Migrants of identity : perceptions of home in a world of movement pdf por Nigel Rapport

Global movement is commonly characterized as one of the quintessential experiences of our age. Market forces, territorial conflicts and environmental changes uproot an increasing number of people, while mass communication, travel, tourism, and a global market of commodities, texts, tastes, fashions and ideologies place individuals more than ever in a global arena. As traditional conceptions of individuals as members of stationary, fixed and separate societies and cultures no longer convince, to what extent does movement become central to individuals' self-conceptions? How do people cultivate, negotiate, nurture and maintain an identity? To what extent do individuals become ‘migrants of identity' whose home is movement?Defining ‘home' as ‘where one best knows oneself', this pioneering book explores the various ways in which people perceive themselves to be ‘at home' in today's world. Through a series of case studies, authors show that for a world of travellers, labour migrants, exiles and commuters, ‘home' comes to be found in behavioural routines and techniques, in styles of dress and address, in memories, myths and stories, in jokes and opinions. In short, people who live their lives in movement make sense of their lives as movement.