The social impact of human mobility: An undivided vision of cultural and individual change

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  • Edelia Villarroya University of Valencia (Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.0.3269

Keywords:

migration, personality, change, social impact, psychological impact

Abstract

This article reflects on the social costs and benefits of human migrations, from the viewpoints of both migrating and host populations, and the people that comprise them. We take a two-sided perspective, from the group and the individual, and describe the dynamic process of change, and the cultural and individual changes wrought by acculturation. The text is interspersed with the thoughts expressed by our nomadic society.

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Author Biography

Edelia Villarroya, University of Valencia (Spain).

Professor at the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment. Director of the International Master’s Degree in Migration and Human Mobility. University of Valencia (Spain).

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Published

2015-04-16

How to Cite

Villarroya, E. (2015). The social impact of human mobility: An undivided vision of cultural and individual change. Metode Science Studies Journal, (5), 51–56. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.0.3269
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The light of science (2015)

Section

Itinerancy. Dispersal, migration, diaspora

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