Anthro 205 1st Edition Lecture 20Outline of Last LectureI. Immigration In Documentarya. Walking the LineOutline of Current LectureI. Crossing The MediterraneanII. Where are people coming From?III. Migrant vs. RefugeesIV. Why Risk Their Lives?V. Structural ViolenceCurrent LectureCrossing Boarders, Risking Lives: Why?Crossing the Mediterranean- 20,000 people died in the past 20 years crossing the Mediterranean- In one month (April, 2015) 1,000 people died this year.- Seeing the ships as an act of warWhere are people coming from? (Arrival in Italy during the first quarter of 2015)- Siria- Eritrea- Mali- Nigeria- Gambia- SomaliaThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- EgittoMigrants vs. Refugees- Escaping poverty and conditions that limit someone’s survival capacities- Economic issuesWhy Risk Their Lives?- Documentation and Migration- Citizenship- Think about how these aren’t laws or statuses that are given. They are political trends. - Estimated migrant deaths in the desert near Tucson, Arizona since 2001: over 2000.- The government is very receptive to the capital that comes with migration, but not the people.- Migrants can’t survive were they are living- They migrate because they have seen the reality in their countries and choose to migrate before this reality catches up to them.OBS: Documentary: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States- Make us question the overruled thought that migrants come here to ruin U.S. economy- Migrants come here to work and only work. If they get sick they go back home. They are exploited as workers.Structural Violence- “The one way of describing social arrangements that put individuals and populations in harm’s way.”- Structural because the violence is embedded in the plitcal and economic organization of our social world. It’s systematic, if indirect, violence.- Violent because even if indirect, it causes injury to
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