Course overview
This course aims to develop a critical understanding of migration and its relationship to politics of identity, belonging, integration, and citizenship. Students will develop an advanced knowledge of contemporary migration theories and approaches such as multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism and diaspora. This will be done in the context of contemporary societies, government policies, and the everyday lived experience of migration and settlement.
Course learning outcomes
- Critically examine contemporary migration theories and approaches such as multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, diaspora, and social and cultural capital
- Investigate the processes of adaptation of voluntary and involuntary immigrants to new cultural contexts and its impact on the development of transnational, border, national and hybrid identities
- Evaluate typical societal outcomes of migrant-host relationships in various national, international and regional contexts
- Advance knowledge and skills in assessing the impact of migration on the policy outcomes of settler countries and in the context of human rights and the international governance of migration
- Synthesise and translate knowledge gained in oral and written forms
- Work effectively to create outputs involving individual and group participation
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