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Liberal Arts for Advanced Students I
Migration in the Global Context
Drawing on perspectives from anthropology, this course will address the issues of migration in the global context. At first, the course will look at the anthropological theories about human mobility and resultant structural changes and outline what makes anthropological approaches particularly useful in analysing migration. The first third of the course will focus on the types and patterns of migration and help students understand how push-and-pull factors prompt people make the choice to move. Forced migration will receive particular attention with an emphasis on concurrent world events. The second third of the course will be dedicated to the core concepts in migration that will help students further develop an analytical apparatus. In particular, we will discuss those of ‘border’, ‘foreigner’, and ‘illegality’ in the framework of social justice and morality. The final third of the course will engage with the phenomena of migrant networks, diaspora, and ethnic communities and look at how migrants, both as a group and individually, develop their day-to-day livelihood strategies. To promote familiarity with the discussed issues, the course will take advantage of visual materials such as photography and ethnographic films that explore migration.
As a result of taking the course, the students will be expected to become well-versed in migration issues in the global framework and acquire analytical skills to assess the why, when, and how of people’s movement. The students will also be expected to develop critical perspectives on complex political issues such as border control and citizenship. Finally, they will potentially develop an eye for the everyday aesthetics of migration and become more self-reflexive in daily interactions and encounters.
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