DTS201H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Iraqi Diaspora, Brubaker, Transnationalism
11 Feb 2016
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They are beginning to replace many other terms for human movement. This has occurred due to the proliferation of nation states across border, the ease of travel and communication and difering treatments. More and more countries are being created creating necessity across borders. Often times diaspora is more of an attractive to use when describing a movement than other terms due to the possible forcibility of it occurring. Even though many people associated diaspora with the. Jewish experience, if we look at the etymology of the word it is not actually a harsh term. For greek it means to voluntarily move to another place. Discusses where the term diaspora came from. He disagreed with the idea of moving from one country to another. Even though diaspora is associated with the jews who were forced to leave their homeland, not voluntary, we should look carefully at their experiences.
