Diasporas, transnational religions and identities - 1st semester

Objectives

This seminar focuses on the relations between migrations, transnationalisms, diasporas, religions and rituals. Throughout the semester, the students will address theoretical debates as well as a diversity of ethnographic contexts. At the end of the semester, the students should acquire a complete overview of these topics possibily leading to new research projects.

General characterization

Code

722001029

Credits

Responsible teacher

José Mapril, Susana Trovão

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n/a

Bibliography

Clifford, J. (1997), Diaspora in Clifford, J., (ed.), Routes: Travel and Translation in the late 20th Century, Massachusetts, Harvard University press, pp. 244-278

Levitt, P. (2003), You know, Abraham was really the first migrant: Religion and transnational migration, International Migration Review, 37 (3), pp. 847-873

McLoughlin, S. Migration, diasporas and transnationalism: transformations of religion and culture in a globalising age in, Hinnels, J. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion, London, Routledge, pp. 526-549

Osella, F. and Osella, C. (2003), Migration and the commoditization of ritual: sacrifice, spectacle and contestations in Kerala, India, Contributions to Indian Sociology, 37 (1&2): 109-139

Salih, R. (2002), Reformulating tradition and modernity: Moroccan migrant women and the transnational division

Schiller, N. et al. (2006), Beyond the ethnic lens: locality, globality and born again incorporation, American Ethnologist, 33 (4): 612-633

Teaching method

The course will have a theoretical section presented by the lecturer and papers (60%) and seminars (40%) presented by the students.

Evaluation method

Students will be evaluated on the basis of an oral presentation of a text chosen among the bibliography or the texts supporting the classes (40% of the mark), a final work based on the themes explored throughout the unit (50% of the mark) and the students´ assiduity as well as their active participation in the classes (10% of the mark).

Subject matter

1. Transnacionalism and diasporas 2. Religions, transnacionalities and diasporas 3. Religion, ritual authenticity and social change 4. The ritualization of the transnational space and the production of places 5. Transnationalisms, moral orders and subjectivities 6. Travelling spirits and african christianity in the Atlantic 7. The culturalization of citizenship and \"foreign\" religions 8. Sacralizing space and a transnational public sphere 9. Portuguese Muslims: colonial legacies and global dynamics

Programs

Programs where the course is taught:

Masters in Migration, Inter-Ethnicity and Transnationalism