Assignment:
TOPIC: "An Immigrant Interview."
Adapted from Kenneth J. Guest (2017) Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Journal (2017), a companion material for the textbook.
Outcomes:
The Global Economy
Create a 2-3 standard pages (double-spaced, 12-point font)
Humans have been on the move since our species' earliest days, seeking out better conditions for themselves and their families. Humans have moved in search of better hunting grounds, pastures, fields, natural resources, and climate. They have moved to avoid conflict, predators, and natural disasters. Others were forced to move against their will, including millions on trans-Atlantic slave trade. Movement is a fundamental characteristic of the human experience.
In the past thirty years the rates of global migration have been one of the highest in human history, between countries and within them as well. But why do people migrate? Why do they choose certain destination? These decisions are rarely random or frivolous.
Factors that result in migration include "pushes" and "pulls." People are pushed to migrate by poverty, famine, natural disasters, war, genocide, and political or religious oppression. Immigrants are pulled to certain places by job opportunities, better wages, educational opportunities, access to healthcare, or a safer environment.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEW:
To understand better the immigrant experience, interview an immigrant of any age, gender, and nationality. Ask to hear their immigration story