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Forced migration online (FMO) – a world of information on human displacement

Posted on March 29, 2012 by PIF12
Posted in Migration Blog, Research Tagged ,

Forced Migration Online (FMO) is home to a growing collection of resources relating to refugees and forced migration. All our resources are available for free. Some are also available cialis for sale

ref=”http://www.forcedmigration.org/homepage/about/copyright”>for you to re-use.

FMO is designed for use by students, academics, practitioners, policy makers, the media, forced migrants or anyone else interested in the field of forced migration. By bringing together these useful and time-saving resources, we aim to support research and policy making in the field.

The website is run by a small team based at the Refugee Studies Centre, in the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford.

What is forced migration?

If you are new to the subject, please read our introductory guide to forced migration.

Digital Library

A searchable archive of over 5,700 full-text documents, many of which are unpublished elsewhere.

Discussion List

An email-based forum for information relating to refugees and internal displacement.

Podcasts

Lectures and discussions on forced migration issues from the Refugee Studies Centre.

http://www.forcedmigration.org/

Human migration- Human Genome Project Information

Posted on March 23, 2012 by PIF12
Posted in Migration Blog, Research Tagged ,

Genetic anthropology is an emerging discipline that combines DNA and physical evidence to reveal the history of ancient human migration. It seeks to answer the questions, “Where did we come from, and how did we get here?”

These studies provide a d

etailed snapshot of human genetic variation that will assist in answering the following questions:

  • How did we migrate and populate the world?
  • What impact has culture had on human genetic variation?
  • How have cultural practices affected our patterns of genetic diversity?
  • If humans share a recent common ancestry, why do we look different from each other?
  • Did extinct human species, such as Neanderthals, contribute to the current human genome?
  • How does the DNA evidence relate to the fossil evidence for human migration patterns?

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/humanmigration.shtml

Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities

Posted on March 21, 2012 by PIF12
Posted in Migration Blog, Research Tagged ,

The front cover of the book- the map of the world
Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Edited by Kim Knott and Seán McLoughlin

Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora.
Wide ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping the field, such as migration, ethnicity, post-colonialism and cosmopolitanism. It also examines key intersecting agendas and themes, including political economy, security, race, gender and material and electronic culture. Original case studies of contemporary as well as clasical diasporas are featured, mapping new directions in research and testing the usefulness of diaspora for analysing the complexity of transnational lives today.

Professor Kim Knott is the director of the Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme of the University of Leeds.

http://www.diasporas.ac.uk/#

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