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

Nigel Rapport 觉得他来对地方了，可以进一步研究世界主义。 Rapport 已从苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学加入康考迪亚社会学和人类学系。 这是从一个被他描述为“海边的剑桥”的中世纪小镇转变为拥有城市校园的大城市的转变。 这位英国人类学家被任命为加拿大全球化、公民和社会正义方面的一级研究主席。 他还是康考迪亚国际研究中心的创始主任，发起研究计划和研讨会，促进对全球个人的权利、能力和经验的理解。

Migrants of identity : perceptions of home in a world of movement pdf 奈杰尔·拉波特

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.