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Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, "those who let pasture herds") are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30 to 40 million nomads in the world. While most of these nomads are part of rather traditional nomadic tribes, there is also a small but increasing amount of | Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, "those who let pasture herds") are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30 to 40 million nomads in the world. While most of these nomads are part of rather traditional nomadic tribes, there is also a small but increasing amount of people (mostly in the Western world) who adopt a nomadic lifestyle, roaming around freely over a vast territory. | ||
Other and older terms used to describe all kinds of nomads: hobos, itinerants, technomads, perpetual travelers... | |||
Humans have been surviving for hundreds of thousands of years as nomadic tribes, maximizing the effectiveness of the use of resources through sharing within their tribes. Still today, some of the harshest places on earth are inhabited by nomads. | |||
=Neonomads= | |||
''Neonomads are yet to be properly defined.'' | |||
Neonomads are people travelling as a lifestyle, staying a few days to a few months in a place. | |||
Neonomads, can be travelling with very limited amounts of money, through [[hitchhiking]], [[gift economy]], [[dumpster diving]] or just by trusting strangers, learning to receive, hence to give and [[share]], according their needs and resources. | |||
==More resources== | ==More resources== | ||
* | * A wikistory on [[Digital Nomads]] | ||
* http://en. | * http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/technomad | ||
* [http://delicious.com/deliciousdante/nomadology Dante's Nomadology Links] | * [http://delicious.com/deliciousdante/nomadology Dante's Nomadology Links] | ||
* {{Wikipedia}} | |||
* {{Wikipedia|Perpetual_traveler|Perpetual travelers}} | |||
* {{Wikipedia|Itinerant|Itinerants}} | |||
[[Category:People]] | |||
[[Category:Theory]] | |||
[[Category:Definition]] | |||
Revision as of 18:09, 24 November 2009
Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, "those who let pasture herds") are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30 to 40 million nomads in the world. While most of these nomads are part of rather traditional nomadic tribes, there is also a small but increasing amount of people (mostly in the Western world) who adopt a nomadic lifestyle, roaming around freely over a vast territory.
Other and older terms used to describe all kinds of nomads: hobos, itinerants, technomads, perpetual travelers...
Humans have been surviving for hundreds of thousands of years as nomadic tribes, maximizing the effectiveness of the use of resources through sharing within their tribes. Still today, some of the harshest places on earth are inhabited by nomads.
Neonomads
Neonomads are yet to be properly defined.
Neonomads are people travelling as a lifestyle, staying a few days to a few months in a place.
Neonomads, can be travelling with very limited amounts of money, through hitchhiking, gift economy, dumpster diving or just by trusting strangers, learning to receive, hence to give and share, according their needs and resources.
