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22 Migracijske i Etnicke Teme / Migration & Ethnic Themes 7 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/mkeieket22 and id is 1 raw text is: NEW FORMS OF HUMAN MOBILITY ON THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL SCALE MET Globility Special Issue Editorial This is the fifth collective publication by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Global Change and Human Mobility (Globility). One should al- so mention the even greater amount of written work that has been presented and pub- lished in the form of individual contributions to specialist journals, both international and national. The variety and sheer number of publications in national languages add value to the work promoted by the IGU and a significant contribution to the circulation of ideas and to cultural rejuvenation, although this is difficult to evaluate and quantify. The problem of publishing the results of collaboration between networks of researchers constitutes a fundamental element of research and one that cannot be underestimated. Joint publication means giving an account of a process of scientific growth which has been achieved after many years of participation in meetings and conferences where, even if the atmosphere is amicable, discussions and critiques often take on harsher tones in confirmation of the seriousness of participation. Joint publication, however, is beco- ming increasingly difficult. Globility has experienced this for the last six years. The research programme proposed by a group of scientists was approved by the IGU Executive Committee in the autumn of 1999 and has been in operation since the IGU Congress of Seoul in August 2000, remaining so at least for the present phase until the IGU Congress of Tunis to be held in August 2008. A project of this dimension and complexity does not represent an easy venture and it is certainly the result of a combined effort which star- ted much before the year 2000, requiring an ever greater number of colleagues and scholars able to carry out this type of research in various parts of the world. Although many contributed to the launch - and we hope that they will continue to contribute to the success of the project - this type of initiative always has a small group of pioneers who silently prepare the methodological and programmatic basis for its development; perhaps it could even be possible to identify the precise moment in which the project lifted off, that is, from an abstract idea, a hypothesis or a dream, the moment it started to transform itself into something more definite and concrete. After six years in operation, Globility is beginning to reach a phase of maturity and already it is possible to foresee the results of certain methodological approaches. The initial group of pioneers has been joined by a sizeable team of colleagues who have undertaken to collaborate with intensity, enthusiasm and skill in the success of the project. Globility considers it a fundamental and ethical requirement to endeavour to operate within the framework of continuous collaboration between North and South. This aspect, which should form part of every IGU Commission's cultural baggage, has been shown to be an unavoidable element for a Commission whose core scientific ob- 7

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