- Docente: Carla De Tona
- Credits: 10
- SSD: GSPS-06/A
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
International Studies (cod. 5949)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to: - explain the principal sociological concepts and debates in contemporary migration studies; - understand migration as a social and cultural process connected to identity, belonging, community and social transformation; - analyse how categories such as “migrant,” “refugee,” “second generation,” “integration” and “cultural difference” are produced and used; - question essentialist understandings of culture and recognise culture as relational, dynamic and contested; - examine how migration experiences are differentiated by gender, race, class, generation, nationality and legal status; - understand how migrants create transnational relationships, identities, memories and forms of belonging across national borders; - interpret and critically compare academic texts, life stories, media materials, visual sources and other forms of cultural evidence; - communicate ideas effectively in English through academic writing, oral presentations, collaborative activities and student-led discussions.
Syllabus
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