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What does it mean?
The speaker asks how to categorize people who are currently at sea.
In plain terms
How do we classify people who are traveling by sea?
What can you take from it?
Classifying people depends on their current situation.

Where it applies

  • legal status
  • sociology
  • travel

Putting it to work

  • defining status
  • discussing identity

Questions to consider

  • How do we classify travelers?
  • What defines a person's status?

Another view

People at sea often have clear legal status.

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