Race, Ethnicity and Identity 2

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module will examine the evolution of the concepts of race, ethnicity and identity over time, both in the social sciences and everyday life. We will examine sociological theories of the racial state and situate race and ethnicity within social, political and economic processes. We will explore the history and policy developments of refuge in Europe, the politics of nam- ing and categorization, detention, securitization and the liminal spaces refugees occupy be- tween borders. We will study contemporary debates on various approaches to racial profiling; and current debates on race and gender bias in Artificial Intelligence. Finally, we will examine how such concepts have manifested through the contemporary theories of "whiteness", gen- der and the body and cultural appropriation.