Cultures of Migration
In the light of recent calls to “decolonize the university,” this course will stimulate students to question assumptions about collective identities by thinking comparatively across space and time, considering the role that migration has played in the cultural formation of societies. Enduring structures of racial hierarchy that underpin social organization and representation will be at the center of critical analysis. Focusing both on movement and entrapment, the materials and the pedagogical approaches employed will activate students to examine political rhetoric and policies regulating human mobility through the lens of creative interventions from literature, cinema, video, and music.
Topics
- This course will enable students to… … read and view digital and analog sources attentively, analytically, and critically, … conduct research, situate texts in context, read in constellations, and considering the bigger picture of social and cultural change over time, … analyze the social implications of framing, perspective, performance and audience engagement in fiction and non-fiction, … develop an argument in writing, based on evidence and reasoning, … operate in a multimedia environment and prepare a presentation for online, publication (video, slideshow, blog post, podcast), … reflect on limits and possibilities of humanitarian empathy, participation, and intervention.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027