PSY BEH 104S Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: House Concurrent Resolution 108, Indian Removal Act, Indentured Servant
14 Dec 2016
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Week 8 lecture 2: what factors or forces cause people to migrate, some factors. Movement, mobility, and disruption are key aspects of migration. Emphasizes place every place has an identity, a history, an economy and these shape our identities. Displacement signifies that, by moving somewhere, our identities and cultural practices change. Causes: capitalism, war, violence, poverty, lack of jobs, environmental devastation. Free: travel, tourism, exploration, professional opportunities, expatriation. Some people can move to places other people cannot. Some people can move faster than others depending on gender, class, race, sexuality, nationality, religion. Indian removal act and the trail of tears (1830s: house concurrent resolution 108 (1953-1962): indian forcible relocation. The transatlantic slave trade: also known as the black atlantic. 12 million slaves were traded for sugar, tobacco, coffee, rice, and cotton; manufactured goods = weapons. Closed definition: dispersed people who maintain a link with the past through preserving tradition intact and wishing to return to their true home.
