AANK16101U The Anthropology of Migration, advanced course
Board of Studies, Department of Anthropology
Anthropologists no longer view migration as necessarily antithetical to settled life, but rather as a resource that is integral to ongoing social, economic and cultural mobilities. This course will look at different forms of migration and how they are shaped by migrants as well as the migration regimes that seek to control them. This will be done by exploring some of the ethnographic case studies and related theoretical and methodological approaches that have appeared in recent years.
We will investigate how migration, on the one hand, is perceived and practiced as a resource and, on the other, viewed and treated as a potential security risk in different socio-economic and cultural contexts. Central questions will be: What kinds of social and personal aspirations and which structural opportunities and constraints shape current migration processes? How can we capture these processes in ethnographic research? And what is the methodological and analytical purchase of concepts such as social imaginaries, mobility/immobility, adventure, migratory paths, borderlands, securitization, legality/illegality, uncertainty and potentiality?
Skills
The methodological, analytical and theoretical skills necessary to identify, investigate and critically analyze migration from an anthropological perspective
Knowledge:
Knowledge of different forms of migration, major theoretical and methodological approaches to migration in anthropology and the ways in which they shape our understanding of migration
Competencies:
The competence to:
- present and critically discuss central issues in anthropological migration studies
- define a well-defined anthropological research problem concerning current migration issues
- write a well-structured essay drawing on relevant theory, method and ethnographic material from the course
500 pages obligatory literature + a monograph of ca. 200 pages chosen by the student.
Course literature will be available in Absalon on the course website.
- Category
- Hours
- Course Preparation
- 120
- Exam Preparation
- 44
- Seminar
- 42
- Total
- 206
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students/Credit
students
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentPortfolio exam.
Length: The portfolio exam can be taken individually or in groups of maximum four students. The portfolio exam consists of 3-7 submissions. The number of submissions is set by the lecturer. The total length of all of the submissions must not exceed 30,000 keystrokes for a single student. For groups of two students the maximum is 40,000 keystrokes. For groups of three students the maximum is 45,000 keystrokes and for groups of four students the maximum is 50,000 keystrokes. - Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
1. re-exam:
An essay with a revised problem statement must be submitted at the announced date. The students must sign up for the 1. re-exam.
Please note that the re-exam is an essay even for courses, where the ordinary exam is a portfolio exam.
2. re-exam:
A new essay with a revised problem statement must be submitted at the announced date next semester. The students must sign up for the 2. re-exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
See description of learning outcome.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AANK16101U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- See timetable
- Study board
- Department of Anthropology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Anthropology
Course responsibles
- Karen Fog Olwig (15-7167786b74346c756d3475727d6f6d4667747a6e787534717b346a71)
Lecturers
Karen Foq Olwig