Terminology
This glossary helps visitors to understand the terminology used at DiasporaHub.org on diaspora and migration-related topics. The terminology may not coincide with other sources' definitions.
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Diaspora (plural form: Diasporas) |
Individual or community of people living seperated from his/her/their (ancestral) homelands. Referred to the mission of this website, the term often includes people of national and echnic minorities. |
| Migrant (plural form: Migrants) & Migrant communities |
Individual moving from one country to another (referred to as "migrant communities" when speaking of migrants from the same origin). |
| Migrant Diasporas | Wording of the term "Diasporas", but which points out Diasporas as a phenomenon connected to migration. |
| Migration | Movement of people from one country to another. |
| Immigrant (plural form: Immigrants) | Individual who comes to country where he/she were not born in order to settle there. |
| Immigration | In-migration (individual/-s moving in to another country) |
| Emigrant (plural form: Emigrants) | Individual who leaves one country to settle in another. |
| Emigration | Out-migration (individual/-s moving out from his/her country) |
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Refugee (plural form: Refugees)
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Individual/-s who flees his/her country for safety. |
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Country
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...or "State". A sovereign/self-governed geographic region/state, although not necessery recognized as a sovereign state by everyone. |
| Host country | ...or "receiving country" or "destination country". Country hosting or receiving migrants/diasporas. |
| Origin country | ...or "country of origin", "home country", "homeland" or "sending country". Country which migrant/diaspora descends/originates from. |
| Brain Gain | Gaining from the capacity of migrants/diasporas. |
| Brain Drain | ...as defined by some people and groups, an event which deprives sender countries its national professionals through emigration. |
| Multiculturalism & Multicultural Awareness |
The existence of multiple cultural traditions of ethnic groups within a single state or region. Multicultural Awareness equals greater understanding, perceptiveness and tolerance of cultural and ethnic groups' being, background and values. |
| Gender | Gender refers to the social constructed sex, which shapes values of the behaviour of men/males and women/females. |
| Glocal, Local & Global / Globalization |
Glocal is an adjective of globalization, which reflects the merge of global and local occurrences, specifically of tendencies in contemporary social, cultural, political, and economic systems. |
