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Abstract: European migrations since the sixteenth century provoked a world wide movement of men, women, objects, fabrics, ideas, fashion. In colonial Bolivia indians were prohibited from using Spanish clothings in [...]
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Imagine a dimly lit room, a rural interior in Eastern India. This is where the elderly Bijoya gazes out through the railings of her cracked window, waiting eagerly for Bardhan, [...]
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I want to say a big 'thank you' to all of you: English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Belgians, Germans, Americans, Swedes, Norwegians, Spaniards, Italians and all other nations for receiving [...]
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Abstract: Intipucá is a very small, dusty and hot town in rural El Salvador. However, it used to be one of the richest towns in the country. Said [...]
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We know we're living in a globalized world when we realize we're able to go to our local grocery store and find food from every continent or when [...]
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‘Where are you from?’ is the first question everyone asks you. It's a question I can't stand. Explaining my origins and identity takes a long time. Why? Well, I was [...]
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In August 2011, a heap of 72 bodies of illegal migrants who had been summarily executed was found in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Most of them were Central Americans from [...]
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Just the other day I was having this rather unusual conversation with one of my American friends. I was fascinated at the depth of 'philosophical' ideas he had about multiculturalism [...]
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After living in Germany, United Kingdom, China and Argentina,Manuel Schneider, a young German business development manager, spent two years in Brazil. Before he left the country, [...]
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Most of the 5 million Palestinians are refugees. More than two million live in Western Europe and North America. They left Palestine and the refugee camps where they were denied [...]
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Although primarily an economic union forged with the aim of bringing long-lasting peace to a continent devastated by bloody wars, the European Union soon became an identity-centered construct. European citizenship [...]
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In our globalised world, it is becoming easier to cross borders but many nations, including Australia, maintain exclusive policies that prevent migrants from participating fully in [...]
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As economic immigrants, where do we find our cultural identity? The answers are probably as unique as every immigrant who arrives in a new country. So I decided to ask [...]
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The focus this month in Future Challenges is on global citizens and migration, and how they are changing the faces of our cities every day. In today’s world [...]
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I want to forestall any idea that the view expressed in this blog might possibly trigger controversy. I am talking for the most part on behalf of a more privileged [...]
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Out of the one and a half million Syrians living in Egypt, more than 300,000 have recently come here seeking a safe haven from the [...]
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In present-day Brazil immigration has once more taken a pole position in public debate as the estimated population of Bolivians living in the country has reached the 350,000 mark, further [...]
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As the European crisis deepens, more and more Europeans are moving to Germany in the hope of a better future, the country portrayed and hyped in the media as Europe's [...]
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The term migration is usually associated with the movement of 25+ year old people driven by changes in the economy. Yet there is another type of migration which is as [...]
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In the age of migration and globalization, it is often argued that we need to remember where we come from. Whenever people ask me about my roots, I catch myself [...]
