Event Title
Globalization and Migration in the Hispanic Caribbean
Description
It has been said that the Caribbean, as a crossroads of empires, has always been globalized. Because of those powerful external forces acting on small populations, migration has been a constant feature in Caribbean societies. This presentation examines the impact of globalization and migration on the modern Hispanic Caribbean by looking at the Dominican Republic as a case study of a country that has been thoroughly transformed by these forces. Dominicans have emigrated en masse since the 1960s and nowadays well over 1.5 million Dominicans reside overseas. Though mass emigration was initially sparked by political events, structural changes in the Dominican economy brought about by globalization quickly became the main agent fostering migration. This presentation will look at how globalization and emigration have affected Dominican society, with an emphasis on the development of a transnational society and the impact on women.
About the Lecturer: Ernesto Sagás, PhD Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University
Document Type
Event
Start Date
7-10-2009 12:00 PM
End Date
7-10-2009 1:30 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Globalization--Caribbean Area; Globalization--Economic aspects--Dominican Republic
Geographic Coverage
Dominical Republic--Emigration and immigration
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Hispanic Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Emigration
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Globalization and Migration in the Hispanic Caribbean
Fairhaven College Auditorium
It has been said that the Caribbean, as a crossroads of empires, has always been globalized. Because of those powerful external forces acting on small populations, migration has been a constant feature in Caribbean societies. This presentation examines the impact of globalization and migration on the modern Hispanic Caribbean by looking at the Dominican Republic as a case study of a country that has been thoroughly transformed by these forces. Dominicans have emigrated en masse since the 1960s and nowadays well over 1.5 million Dominicans reside overseas. Though mass emigration was initially sparked by political events, structural changes in the Dominican economy brought about by globalization quickly became the main agent fostering migration. This presentation will look at how globalization and emigration have affected Dominican society, with an emphasis on the development of a transnational society and the impact on women.
About the Lecturer: Ernesto Sagás, PhD Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University
