Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This years's course, on the theme of "Refugee Encounter Narratives", will take the form of a creative writing exercise based on the students' actual encounters with a refugee living in Liège.
Concretely, every Liège student will be paired off with another Liège student, and these teams of two will be requested to meet a designated refugee 8 to 10 times, with a view to writing a brief report on each of these successive meetings. The latter will be evaluated by myself.
To make up for the investment in time represented by both the meetings and the writing of reports, seminars in class will be kept to a minimum. These seminars will be an opportunity above all to organize the logistics of the course and to consider some theoretical material on issues pertaining to the representation of refugees.
A first explanatory meeting will be scheduled at a time to be confirmed in consultation with those students who may express an interest in taking part in the experience.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
It is hoped that the experience will induce a mutation of preconceptions about refugees possibly entertained by the students prior to the meetings.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Nothing of the sort, but it will of course help to have, or wish to develop, an open mind about the so-called refugee "crisis".
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A few heuristic seminars. Above all, an exposure to unimagined experience bound to be most formative.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lots of independence will be granted to facilitate one's personal research in the big wide world; lots of freedom will be conceded concerning the mode of writing chosen to report on this experience.
Recommended or required readings
Some theoretical literature, as well as a few short stories dealing with the refugee question, will be recommended.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Assessment will be based on the quality of the writing produced across the course. Attention will be paid to the felt sincerity of the sentiments expressed, including the way in which the latter may evolve in consequence of whatever is discovered in the context of the meetings.
Work placement(s)
Not applicable.
Organizational remarks
The course is organized in the first term.
Contacts
Prof. Marc Delrez, marc.delrez@uliege.be