ANTH2223-1 : Migration, race and postcolonial citizenship

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ANTH2223-1

Migration, race and postcolonial citizenship

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in anthropology (120 ECTS)		3
Master in sociology and anthropology (60 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Sarah Demart

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The aim of this course is to discuss the present migratory and post-migratory stakes in regard to the imperial historicity of Europe. We will look at how postcolonial studies enable us to rethink the questions of citizenship and national belonging regarding the historical (political, economic, cultural and epistemological) relation of Europe to the rest of the world in particular to Africa.
In this perspective, the immigrant, the stranger, is a postcolonial subject. This paradigm shift has major theoretical and methodological consequences. Indeed, while the multicultural approach explores how non-European and non-Christian peoples could be civically incorporated into European societies, the postcolonial turn explores how these peoples were already very much a part of Europe's wider imperial history.

In line with this, and grounded on several articles, we will study concepts such as « Black Europe », the way by which the nexus national-identity and racial homogeneity is built or the social transformations related to the minorities attempt to render forgotten events of the national history (e.g. colonial crimes) more central in terms of policies and memory, the advent of memorial locations or the multiplication of the colonial and slavery anniversaries.
Students will be given a list of reading materials.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Familiarizing yourself with postcolonial theories.
Addressing the questions of citizensip and national belongings in their historical complexity.
Reading how racialization and essencializtion shape the individuals and groups in the field of diversity.
Articulate the notions of migration, race and citizenship.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

reading portfolios.
video documentaries.
interactive teaching method.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face -to-face.