RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

Author(s): Ceren Aksoy Sugiyama, Seher Çataloğlu
Subject(s): Anthropology, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: anthropology; migration; categorising migration; Turkey; 20th century;
Summary/Abstract: People change their location following their desires and needs, and the history of humankind is full of examples of such movements. Holy books, myths and legends speak of these movements and historical periods are often marked by such population movements. The criteria for accepting a change of location as migration will, of course, differ for each historical period. As a matter of fact, in the case of migration, the distance between the destination and the point of departure has gradually been widened, and nowadays it has reached a point where the limits of the earth are the boundary. However, whatever the period, a common feature of migration is that the spaces subject to human mobility remain in perpetual motion and that those who move transform the life experiences in the places they arrive while at the same time gaining a new dimension to their own experiences. As migrants and hosts interact their once-existing lives will mutually change and irreversibly transform each other.

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