Allgemeine Informationen
| Veranstaltungsname | Seminar: Moving Subjects: migration, mobility and travel in anthropology |
| Semester | WS 2010/11 |
| Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden | 1 |
| Heimat-Einrichtung | Ethnologie/Kulturvergleichende Soziologie |
| Veranstaltungstyp | Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen |
| Erster Termin | Montag, 11.10.2010 10:15 - 11:45, Ort: (Seminarraum Ethnologie) |
| Art/Form | PKI (Magister) und BA IndOrg |
| Teilnehmende |
Kommentar: Migration is often said to be an essential characteristic of the contemporary society. This course will reveal how anthropologists have engaged with this topical issue in a variety of ways, on the scale from individual stories to experiences of the whole community and from rural-urban to transnational migration. It will explore the history of approaches to migration, mobility and travel through such topics as identity, the notion of home, locality and globalization, perception of space and place, technological and infrastructural change, tourism development and more. We understand migration very broadly and in this course we will bring together physical, emotional, sensory, imaginary and virtual migratory experiences. Examples from ethnographic contexts across the world will be used in teaching to illustrate theoretical points. Students will become acquainted with diverse literature on migration, including the latest studies on the topic. The course will also touch upon methodological aspects of carrying out research on migration. We will look at a range of methods that anthropologists have used to study people’s mobility, and students will be able to apply some of those methods during the course. Such practical engagement will allow students to gain an insight into anthropological research on migration, mobility and travel. Selected readings: Basu, P., 2007. Highland homecomings. Genealogy and heritage tourism in the Scottish diaspora. London: Routledge. Bonnemaison, J., 1985. The tree and the canoe: roots and mobility in Vanuatu societies. In: M. Chapmann (ed.), Mobility and identity in the Island Pacific. Pacific Viewpoint (Special issue), vol. 26 (1): 30-62. Bruner, E.M., 1996. Tourism in the Balinese Borderzone. In: S. Lavie and T. Swedenburg (eds.), Displacement, diaspora, and geographies of identity. Durham and London: Duke Univ. Pr., pp. 157-179. Habeck, O., 2006. Experience, movement and mobility: Komi reindeer herders' perception of the environment. Nomadic Peoples, 10(2), 123-141. Ingold, T. and Vergunst, J., eds, 2008. Ways of walking: ethnography and practice on foot. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited edn. Jackson, M., 2007. Migrant imaginaries. In: M. Jackson, Excursions. Durham: Duke Univ. Pr., pp. 102-134. Olwig, K.F. and Sorensen, N.N., eds, 2002. Work and Migration. Life and livelihoods in a globalizing world. London: Routledge. Rapport, N. and Dawson, A., eds, 1998. Migrants of identity. Perceptions of home in a world of movement. Oxford: Berg. Urry, J., 2007. Mobilities. Cambridge: Polity Press. |
| Leistungsnachweis | Scheinvergabe: Wird in der ersten Stunde bekannt gegeben. |
| Studiengänge (für) |
Studienprogramm: Magister-Studiengang Kürzel: PKI auch geöffnet für BA-Studierende Kürzel: IndOrg |
| SWS | 2 |
| Sonstiges | Besonderheiten: Language of Instruction is English |
| ECTS-Punkte | 5 |
