Take Away 4: Anthropology and Migration

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Anthropology of Migration

The study of human mobility, border regimes, diaspora, and transnationalism.

Sedentarism

Belief that people belong to fixed places; often dominant in state and media discourse.

Nomadic Paradigm

Framework highlighting fluidity, movement, and resistance to fixed identity (Deleuze & Guattari).

Transnationalism

Migrants maintaining ties across nation-state boundaries.

Border / Bordering

Borders are not only physical but also legal, social, symbolic and rhetorical constructs.

Border Spectacle

Media portrayal of migrants as threats at the border (De Genova).

Family Reunification

Legal processes for migrants to reunite with family; often marked by inequality and suspicion.

Civic Stratification

Unequal access to rights and protections based on legal/migrant status (Morris).

White Colonial Paranoia

Fear of migrants rooted in colonial guilt and race-based nationalism (Hage).

Culturalization of Policy

Treating migration as a cultural threat rather than socio-economic reality (Bonjour & De Hart)

Refugees as a Matter Out of Place

View of refugees as disruptions to nation-state order (Malkki, Arendt).

Stratified Mobility

Access to movement depends on class, gender, nationality (Spijkerbroer).

Liminality

Being in-between states, common in migrant experiences (Turner).

Home / Belonging

Emic vs. institutional definitions of what counts as ‘home’.

Intersectional Migration

Understanding how gender, class, age affect migration experiences.

Diaspora

A dispersed population maintaining connections with a homeland.