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| Semester | Herbstsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Julia Büchele (j.buechele@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Migration has long been an important issue in political debates and policy making as well as in the social sciences. People are classified politically, by border regimes, transnational organizations and corporations. These categorizations have immense influence on migrants' access to income, legal status and security. While some people are received in foreign countries by “welcome centres”, others leave their lives in attempts to cross national borders. The way people are able to move is based on global power structures within which some people are able to be mobile across national borders without legal restrictions or bureaucratic hurdles, while for others this is made difficult or nearly impossible. In their attempt to control migration flows, receiving countries divide migrants into those who are “desirable” and “highly skilled” and those who are not. Migration laws and border regimes increasingly follow the rationale of cost and benefit for the receiving nation states. Citizenship and institutional affiliation influences who is granted asylum, exceptional status (e.g. “green cards” for Indian IT workers in Germany) or can move and work freely in different countries. In recent years, a growing body of literature explores the social (im)mobility of people who cross national borders as well as their different roles in their home countries and the places they move to. This literature shows how migration patterns are part of a global economy which includes mass production in factories, child care and domestic work, agriculture and mining, state representation, appropriation of natural resources, and capital accumulation, as well as transnational development work. Sociological questions regarding the inequality of migrants and their diverse positions in different places must be addressed with intersectional approaches taking into account the multiple (institutional and political) layers of becoming a particular type of migrant and what implication this has on people’s lives. This seminar discusses studies on transnational migration and explores theoretical approaches to discuss what implications particular approaches to migration have for our understanding of current social developments. Participants in this seminar will write an essay to develop their own research question based on the discussions in class and the reading assignments. |
| Lernziele | Students - are familiar with key concepts and current debates within migration studies, - are aware of the diverse contexts in which people move and understand the intersection of social categories relevant to contemporary migration, - are able to formulate sociological research questions and interests relevant to migration studies and beyond. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Raum/Bewegung (Bachelor Studienfach: Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Essay, active participation in class and discussion of reading assignments |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Soziologie |