Migration as the object of the anthropological inquiry

Conceptualizations and policies

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ID14712686
AuthorsMarta Stojić Mitrović (0000-0002-4407-9473, corresponding author), Marta Stojic-Mitrovic
Year2018
Volume66
Issue3
Pages459-475
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlasnik Etnografskog instituta (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0350-0861 • E-ISSN: 2334-8259
PublisherNational Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS)
DOI10.2298/gei1803459s
OpenAlexW2914408978
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

Although the first anthropological studies were the result of colonial conquests and encounters with new and different cultures, the study of migrations as a phenomenon worth of the attention for itself came to the anthropology much later. There are several reasons for this. Some arise from the conceptual-theoretical limitations that followed from the dominant scientific paradigms, others belong to the domain of research policies, which in turn are dependent on wider social and political movements, while the last are "ontological", i.e, they are contained in what anthropology is, and they are primarily related to its object and method. In this text, I am presenting the dynamics of the changes of paradigms through which the anthropologists dealt with the study of migrations and discussing some of the problems of classification and knowledge production

Colonialism · Epistemology · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Philosophy

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