ANTH100 Lecture Notes - Wage Labour, Immigration

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH100
• Professor: Jennifer Liu

Document Summary

Ta lecture: chapter 12 people on the move. Movement of a person/people from one place to another. Health and human development over life cycle. Involved applied work that seeks to help migrants. Rural to urban migration is dominate during 20th century based on quality of life factors, availability of work and rational choice based on a person"s assessment of where a better life is. Increasing number of involuntary international migrants, especially refugees and trafficked persons: transnational migration [over multiple borders] A person regularly moves back and forth between 2 or more countries and form a new cultural identity. Astronauts : nickname for businessmen whom fly among different cities. Transnational migrant laborers: location depends on location of demand for the labor. Categories based on reason for moving: labor migrants. Work term may be brief or years. When legally contracted is called wage labor migration. Circulator migration: regular pattern of movement between 2 countries.