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Common misperceptions regarding immigration and its effects on American society often result in suspicion, discrimination and doubt. Do you know the truth? Take this quiz to test your immigration IQ.
www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/quiz/q01.htm

According to the 2000 United State census, about 12.5 percent of the entire population is Latino, the largest ethnic minority group in the nation. But the experiences of Latinos today, as in earlier times, are often different. Learn about Latino stories and see some of the complexities of immigration.
americanhistory.si.edu/ONTHEMOVE/themes/story_51_3.html

Multi-media artist Jenny Polak creates architectural installations, drawings and web projects that address immigration issues. Explore the furniture units she designs and builds in which fugitive immigrants can hide from the ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement).
www.jennypolak.com/Alien_Within.htm

Browse over 300 globes that comprise Ingo Günther’s World Processor series and see how Günther maps social, political, and economical issues onto globes. 
worldprocessor.com/catalog/world/

Maintained by Professor Frank Lechner of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, this website provides analysis and synopsis of various globalization theories.
www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/theories.html

Arjun Appadurai is a socio-cultural anthropologist with specializations in globalization, public culture, and urban studies. His website includes informative discussions, as well as this essay, of anthropological frameworks for the study of global media, consumption, and migration.
www.appadurai.com/pdf/arch_asp.pdf

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Ingo Günther
232. DNA Traces, Refugee Populations, and Migration Routes, 2002
Inkjet print
39 x 39 inches
Courtesy of the artist
 

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