57850 - Sociology of Migrations

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will have a general framework about international migrations and the approaches to interpret them. They will also have the basic sociological tools to study such a phenomenon, with attention not only to economic or demographic approaches, but also to the most recent ones.

Course contents

The course is pursued to provide the basic sociological tools to understand migrations: the most important approaches will be introduced, and also the most recent trends and the social impact of such a phenomenon in the Mediterranean context.

In the first part of the course, the international debate on migrations will be introduced through theoretical contributions from different disciplines.

The second part will be dedicated to territorial sociology, proposing some of its categories which are used to understand migrations. A particular attention will be given to:

1.      theory and concepts proposed in Chicago in the 1920s;

2.      the contibution of M. Halbwachs to study the migrations in Chicago;

3.      migrations as a "total social fact", from the Algerian sociologist A. Sayad;

4.      ethnic and coexistence relations in the urban context;

5.      the category "of migrant territories", and the "commuting" of territorial belongings as a model to foresee settlement trends.

Readings/Bibliography

1. M. Ambrosini, Sociologia delle migrazioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011

2. Sayad A., La doppia assenza, Cortina, 2002 (solo pp. 43-297)

3. Uno tra i volumi qui sotto elencati:

Alietti A., Società urbane e convivenza interetnica, Angeli, Milano, 2009

Ambrosini M., Un'altra globalizzazione, Il Mulino, 2008

Ambrosini M., Intraprendere tra due mondi, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2009

Castel R., La discriminazione negativa, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2008

Camozzi I., Lo spazio del riconoscimento. Forme di associazionismo migratorio a Milano, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2008

Cingolani P., Romeni d'Italia, Il Mulino, 2009

Colombo E., Semi G. (a cura di), Multiculturalismo quotidiano. Le pratiche della differenza, Angeli, Milano, 2007

Decimo F., Quando emigrano le donne, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005

Ehrenreich B., Russel Hochschild A., Donne globali. Tate, colf e badanti, Feltrinelli, 2004.

Perrotta D., Vite in cantiere. Migrazione e lavoro dei rumeni in Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011

Queirolo Palmas L. (a cura di), Dentro le gang. Giovani, migranti e nuovi spazi pubblici, Ombre Corte, Verona, 2009

Riccio B. (a cura di), Migrazioni trasnazionali dall'Africa, UTET, Torino, 2008

Ricucci R., Italiani a metà. Giovani stranieri crescono, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010

Sbraccia A., Migranti tra mobilità e carcere, Angeli, Milano, 2008
Vianello F.A., Migrando sole, Angeli, Milano, 2009

Vietti F., Il paese delle badanti, Meltemi, Roma, 2010

 

 

Other books can be agreed with the professor.

Further material and bibliography will be provided during the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars

Assessment methods

The final exam will consist on checking the achievement of the following learning objectives:  

1. Knowing how to recognize the basic elements of this discipline;  

2. Knowing the evolution of the sociological debate about migration issues;  

3. Knowing how to identify and analyze the main characteristics of contemporary migratory phenomena;  

4. Knowing how to use the most important interpretation concepts of this discipline.

The final grade of the course is based on an oral exam on the topics connected to the main course aims. The skills of students to orient themselves within the course bibliography will be positively assessed, as well as an organic view of the course issues and a mastery of expression and language

Office hours

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