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

Nigel Rapport estime qu'il est venu au bon endroit pour approfondir ses recherches sur le cosmopolitisme. Rapport a rejoint le Département de sociologie et d'anthropologie de Concordia de l'Université de St. Andrews en Écosse. C'est un changement d'une petite ville médiévale qu'il décrit comme "Cambridge by the sea" à une grande ville avec un campus urbain. L'anthropologue britannique a obtenu la Chaire de recherche du Canada, niveau 1, en mondialisation, citoyenneté et justice sociale. Il est également le directeur fondateur du Concordia Center for Cosmopolitan Studies, lançant des programmes de recherche et des ateliers qui promeuvent une appréciation des droits, des capacités et de l'expérience de l'individu global.

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