Anthropology of Migration 20-AM-24-EtnC
WEEK 1: Introduction to the course
WEEK 2: International migration and its complexity
WEEK 3: Theorizing Migration in Anthropology
WEEK 4: Ethnographies of mobilities
WEEK 5: Transnational perspective – multiple homes and loyalties
WEEK 6: Perspective of the life course – different generations of migrants
WEEK 7: Gender perspective on migration
WEEK 8: Religion and racialisation of migrants
WEEK 9: Privileged migrants – going first class?
WEEK 10: International Retirement Migration
WEEK 11: Educational migration or tourism?
WEEK 12: Refugee studies and the International Refugee Regime
WEEK 13: Protracted exile and refugees’ self-reliance beyond the UNHCR
WEEK 14: Refugee/migration crisis?
WEEK 15: Conclusions
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
• Acquire the knowledge of contemporary migration phenomena in a global context
• Know the key categories and concepts developed within mobility, migration and refuges studies
• Know the interpretative perspective on migration and integration processes developed within social anthropology
• Understand that mobility is an integral aspect of a human condition
• Understand that identities are not inseparably ascribed to places
• Be able to critically analyse the migration phenomena from an anthropological perspective
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Performance during the classes (taking part in discussions based on assigned readings) & writing an essay
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