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| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Claudia Wilopo (claudia.wilopo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Why is a person considered “illegal”? What effects does an illegalized residence status have on people’s everyday lives? How do rejected asylum seekers’ presence, actions and legal claims shape migration practice and its enforcement? What can the situation of rejected asylum seekers tell us about our understanding of global migration, borders and citizenship? Possible answers to these questions will be explored and discussed in this class. This course is an introductory class on illegalized migration in Switzerland. It introduces the legal situation of rejected asylum seekers and draws on practices of rights, exclusion and belonging. It introduces contemporary theories and readings of migration. In class, we will discuss the struggles for economic, social and political inclusion and different nuanced in-between situations of rejected asylum seekers in Switzerland. |
| Learning objectives | - Understanding the illegalization process in the Swiss asylum model. - Acquiring insights on the effects of a negative asylum decision. - Understanding the complex relationship between illegalization, borders and citizenship |
| Bibliography | Affolter, Laura (2020) “Keeping Numbers Low in the Name of Fairness Ethos and Ethics in a Swiss Asylum Administration” in Julia M. Eckert (ed.) The Bureaucratic Production of Difference Ethos and Ethics in Migration Administrations, Bielefeld: Transkript, pp. 28-57. Ataç, Ilker et al. (2016) “Introduction: The Contentious Politics of Refugee and Migrant Protest and Solidarity Movements: Remaking Citizenship from the Margins.” Citizenship Studies 20 (5): 527–544. Bader, Dina. (2018) “Who Ought to Stay? Asylum Policy and Protest Culture in Switzerland.” In Protest Movements in Asylum and Deportation, edited by Sieglinde Rosenberger, Verena Stern, and Nina Merhaut, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 69–86. Dahinden, Janine, and Bridget Anderson (2021) "Exploring New Avenues for Knowledge Production in Migration Research: A Debate Between Bridget Anderson and Janine Dahinden - Pre and After Lüthi, Barbara (2020) Humans, Not Files: Deportation And Knowledge In Ghi Bulletin Supplement 15. Piñeiro, Esteban et al. (2021) The art of soft power banishment. New insights into the Swiss deportation regime, Ethnic and Racial Studies. 45:16, 28-48. Cultural Studies, 2015 Vol. 29, No. 1, 55–87. Schilliger, Sarah (2020) “Challenging Who Counts as a Citizen. The Infrastructure of Solidarity Contesting Racial Profiling in Switzerland.” Journal of Citizenship Studies, April, 1–18. Vuilleumier Louis. (2021) «Lost in Transition to Adulthood? Illegalized Male Migrants Navigating Temporal Dispossession.» Social Sciences 10(7): 250. Wilopo, Claudia (2022) “Navigating invisible border spaces: What rejected asylum seekers lives can tell us about everyday bordering practices.” In: Invisible Borders in Very Bordered World: Geographies of Power, Mobility, and Belonging, edited by Joshua Hagen and Alexander Diener, New York: Routledge. Wyss, Anna (2019) “Stuck in Mobility? Interrupted Journeys of Migrants with Precarious Legal Status in Europe,” Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 2019, vol. 17, no. 1, 77–93. |
| Comments | There will be no in person seminar on Wednesday, October 5th. Students should be prepared to read around 25-30 pages per week. |
| Admission requirements | This is an MA class taught in English. Advanced BA students of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology can attend. P lease note that the maximum number of participants are 30. There is a priority list for this class. Places will be distributed in order of enrolment. Priority is given to master students in the MSG 'Changing Societies' programme, MA students of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities and BA students Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 28.09.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 05.10.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 12.10.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 19.10.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 26.10.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 02.11.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 09.11.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 16.11.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 23.11.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 30.11.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 07.12.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 14.12.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 21.12.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Modules |
Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) Modul: Kulturtechnische Dimensionen (Master's degree program: Cultural Techniques) Modul: Methoden und Felder der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor's degree subject: Sociology) Modul: Research Lab Kulturanthropologie (Master's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) Modul: Vertiefung Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Module: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | - Active engagement in class discussions - Oral input on topic of your choice (10 min.) - Weekly written reading reflection (100-150 words) |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaft und Europäische Ethnologie |