Syllabus Advanced Course in International Migration and Ethnic Relations I Migration and segregation

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1 1(5) Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle Forsknings- och forskarutbildningsnämnden Bo Petersson Prodekan Translation of decision Dnr KS /1203 Syllabus Advanced Course in International Migration and Ethnic Relations I Migration and segregation Course name in Swedish Fördjupningskurs i Internationell Migration och Etniska Relationer (IMER) I: Migration och segregation Course name in English Advanced Course in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) I: Migration and segregation Approval and date of approval Approved on October 10, 2013, by the chair of the Research and Doctoral Education Committee at the Faculty of Culture and Society after preparation by the Supervisor Group for Global political studies as well as the MUSA Coordination Group. The syllabus is valid from the autumn semester of Course code KSIM001 Credits 7.5 credits Level Third cycle Grading scale Pass or fail. For a pass grade the student must pass all modules: seminars and written paper including response on fellow student s paper. Entry requirements Admission to the doctoral programme in a subject relevant to IMER Postadress Besöksadress Tel Fax Internet E-post Malmö högskola

2 2(5) Intended learning outcomes Following successful completion of the course, doctoral students shall be able to identify the primary perspectives and ideas in the literature of the field, accounting for similarities and dissimilarities. give an account of central research theories and concepts in the field and critically discuss their interrelations independently identify and problematize specific expressions of migration and segregation and suggest ways of analyzing and studying them Course description Migration and segregation are two closely related global processes strongly affecting current changes in the world. These processes, which involve practically all manifestations of social change, are apparent all the way from global to national and local levels. Migration refers to human movement within the boundaries of a country or across the boundaries between countries. Migration in this sense may be looked upon as a fundamental force for change strongly affecting the organizing of societies and humans. Migration is also an omnibus term including all processes and issues of emigration, immigration and remigration. These three concepts are closely connected but have a slightly different focus, since they deal with different aspects of the same phenomenon. Migration thus comprises the whole range of moving processes between different geographical continents, nations, regions, cities and local communities. Segregation means that different population groups are systematically dispersed spatially with regard to housing (housing segregation), workplaces and schools, as well as by group distinguishing qualities like age, household type, social class or ethnic affiliation. Segregation may thus occur in various different areas and domains but is primarily associated with housing. It is this link to housing and the geographical (spatial) aspect that will form the primary focus of this course. As a concept, segregation is related to the more abstract overarching concept of social exclusion which summarizes the processes by which some categories of people (like ethnic, cultural and language minorities) are marginalized socially, economically and politically. In the course, inclusion and exclusion processes that are the consequences of migration and segregation are studied. The aim is to give a deeper orientation about theories, concepts and phenomena within the research field of migration and segregation. In addition, the course deals with issues like the interplay between the central research concepts within the field. The course forms part of the IMER research programme as an advanced course building on the Introductory course MUSA, Migration, urbanization and social change (15 credits).

3 3(5) Content The course is structured around two major core themes that can be linked together as a whole: 1. Theories of migration and migration processes 2. Theories of segregation and segregation processes In connection with presentations of migration and segregation processes on an empirical basis, various methodological approaches founded are brought up for discussion in a comparative perspective. The course consists of several interrelated parts: Presentations in the form of research seminars of the two core themes in the course and the way they are linked to one another Seminars on current research within each theme Literature seminars where the course participants will give presentations on the readings, followed by questions and critical discussion. Essay seminars where the course participants present a minor essay in the form of a paper and respond to each other s papers. Work formats In addition to individual studies of the literature and writing papers, the teaching methods include different kinds of seminars, such as research seminars with presentations by researchers followed by questions and critical discussions among the course participants, literature seminars in connection with the two course themes, and essay seminars with presentation and response from the course participants. Attendance at all seminars is compulsory. In case of absence from seminars the course participants are required to submit a brief written report containing critical reflections built on of the literature used as a basis for the seminar(s) in question. Formats for assessing student performances Active participation in seminars, 4.5 credits A minor essay/paper including response to another course participant s essay. Reading list and other teaching materials 1. Migration: A study in Space and Time Hägerstrand, T. (1982) Diorama, path and project, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 73(6): Cwerner, S. (2001) The Times of migration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 27(1): King, R. (2002) Towards a new map of European migration, International Journal of Population Geography, 8(2):

4 4(5) King, R. (2012) Geography and migration studies: retrospect and prospect, Population, Space and Place, 18(2): Migration and Development Zelinsky, W. (1971) The hypothesis of the mobility transition, Geographical Review, 61(3): Taylor, J.E. (1999) The new economics of labour migration and the role of remittances in the migration process, International Migration, 37(1): de Haas, H. (2010) Migration and development: a theoretical perspective, International Migration Review, 44(1): King, R., Castaldo, A. and Vullnetari, J. (2011) Gendered relations and filial duties along the Greece-Albania remittance corridor, Economic Geography, 87(4): Return migration Cerase, F.P. (1974) Migration and social change: Expectations and reality. A case study of return migration from the United States to Italy, International Migration Review, 8(2): Gmelch, G. (1980) Return migration, Annual Review of Anthropology, 9: Cassarino, J.-P. (2004) Theorising return migration: The conceptual approach to return migration revisited, International Journal of Multicultural Societies, 6(2): King, R. and Christou, A. (2010) Cultural geographies of counter-diasporic migration: Perspectives from the study of second generation returnees to Greece, Population, Space and Place, 16(2): All these papers about migration should be readily available on line as they are all included in well-known journals. 4. Segregation Byrne, David Social Exclusion (2006) Open University Press Wilson, Julius William & Taub, Richard P (2006) There Goes the Neighborhood. Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America: Vintage Books. A Division of Random House Inc., New York. Arvastson, Gösta & Butler, Tim (ed) (2006) Multicultures and Cities: Museum Tuscalanum press, University of Copenhagen. Bråmå, Åsa (2006) Studies in the Dynamics of Residential Segregation: Uppsala University. Gordon, Milton (1964) Assimilation in American Life. The Role of Race, Religion and National Origins: Oxford University Press Transitional regulations In situations where the course is no longer offered or the course contents have been significantly changed, the doctoral candidate has the right, during a period of one year following the change, to be examined on two different occasions in accordance with the course syllabus valid at the date of registration.

5 Course evaluation The course will be completed with an individual, written course evaluation based on the objectives of the course. The course convenor will provide information about the results and any measures to be implemented on the basis of the results prior to the next course. In connection with the course start, the course convenor will provide information about measures that have been implemented since the previous occasion when the course was offered. 5(5)