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Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

2009

Human Geography

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A Study Of The East African Slave Trade In Bagamoyo, Jake Salyers Oct 2009

A Study Of The East African Slave Trade In Bagamoyo, Jake Salyers

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The purpose of my study was to learn about the east African Slave trade and its relationship to the town of Bagamoyo. Bagamoyo was an important trading town on the coast of Tanzania during the peak of the Arab run slave and ivory trade. Slavery was only abolished in Tanganyika in 1922, so there are still many monuments and memories remaining in the town concerning the slave trade. I had two main methods of collecting information about the town, interviewing the descendants of slaves and slave owners and researching the history of Bagamoyo. I was able to get three different …


“Leur Rêve Et Leur Vie Sont Ailleurs:” University Student Attitudes Towards Migration And Domestic Opportunity In Morocco, Annie Seibert Apr 2009

“Leur Rêve Et Leur Vie Sont Ailleurs:” University Student Attitudes Towards Migration And Domestic Opportunity In Morocco, Annie Seibert

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This research project attempts to assess how migration fits into Moroccan university student perceptions of upward mobility and to what extent these perceptions relate to domestic opportunity and youth unemployment. The project likewise evaluates the extent to which emigration plays a role in university students’ personal aspirations and the reasons behind their desires to leave home or to remain in Morocco. Research data was acquired primarily through surveys conducted at the universities in Rabat, Casablanca, and Kenitra, and was supplemented by in-depth interviews with students from these universities and with organizations working in the areas of youth, development, and/or unemployment. …


‘They Have To Know That They Are Moroccan’: A Sending Country’S Perspective On The Second Generation Of Emigrants Abroad, Olivia Paquette Apr 2009

‘They Have To Know That They Are Moroccan’: A Sending Country’S Perspective On The Second Generation Of Emigrants Abroad, Olivia Paquette

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In this project, I set out to understand the relations that Morocco has with its second-generation population abroad, the children of emigrants from Morocco who were born and are living in a foreign nation. As citizens of Morocco and as members of Moroccan families, who nonetheless have lived their lives in another country and may perhaps identify themselves in many ways other than Moroccan, I wondered what role these individuals had in the eyes of the Moroccan state and in the eyes of their relatives who live in Morocco. My questions extended to the very categorization of this group that …


L’Aide Au Développement : Les Perspectives Des Immigrés Sénégalais = Development Aid: The Perspectives Of Senegalese Immigrants, Allyson Barnett Apr 2009

L’Aide Au Développement : Les Perspectives Des Immigrés Sénégalais = Development Aid: The Perspectives Of Senegalese Immigrants, Allyson Barnett

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Les perspectives des immigrés sénégalais, par rapport à la question de l’aide au développement, ont été étudiées à Toulouse, France. Neuf entretiens semi-directifs sur les thèmes d’aide bilatérale (France-Sénégal), l’aide multilatérale, et les expériences personnelles des participants composaient la substance de l’enquête. Les entretiens ont montré la complexité du sujet, et la compétence de chaque participant à donner une évaluation critique de la situation. L’enquêteuse a fait un lien avec cette évaluation et l’éducation formel et informel de participants. The perspectives of Senegalese immigrants regarding the question of development aid were studied in Toulouse, France. Nine semi-directed interviews were conducted …


The Ties That Bind: Urban Migration, Family Networks, And Cultural Change In Modern Mongolia, Christopher R. Williams Apr 2009

The Ties That Bind: Urban Migration, Family Networks, And Cultural Change In Modern Mongolia, Christopher R. Williams

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Migrants represent the future of Mongolia. They are those members of Mongolian society who pursue, and often achieve, a better life by choosing to uproot themselves and their families to move to the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Along the way they face many obstacles, and are in turn blamed for many of the problems that plague the city. However, they do not face these obstacles on their own. Migrants succeed with help, be it from society, friends, or family. Family in particular plays an important role in the lives of Mongolian migrants, creating important, nationwide networks which can support individual …