DVM 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Immigration, Forced Migration, Social Stratification

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2105

Document Summary

Migration - the movement of people at a variety of spatial and temporal scales - typical longer distance and longer time frames. Example forced migration - war, better lifestyle ( economic) Mobility - the movement of people, ideas, capital and things at a variety of spatial and temporal scales and includes social mobility. Examples - religion, colonialism, imports and exports smaller scale - going to campus then home. Immobility - the lack of movement stuckness" of people, ideas, capital and things. Movement - the crossing of space by people, objects, capital, ideas and other information. It is either oriented and there occurs between an organ and one or more destinations, or it is more akin to the idea of simply wandering with no real origin or destination. Broadly - can be defined as the intention to move and the realization of this movement is geographical space, implying a social change.