Ethni-Cities: cosmopolitanism, gender and diversities

Objectives

a) To promote a theoretical reflection about the proposed themes b) To foster a critical reading on common sense representations and stereotypes c) To provide the necessary tools for the initial construction of semi-autonomous research project about urban contexts and migration.

General characterization

Code

722081130

Credits

10

Responsible teacher

Available soon

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n/a

Bibliography

Bach, L. et al. (1992), “Transnationalism: new analytic framework for understanding migration”, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 645, pp. 1-24 Berg, M., Sigona, N. (2013), “Ethnography, diversity and urban space”, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 20(4), pp.347-360 Brettell. C. (2000), “Urban history, urban anthropology and the study of migrants in towns”, City and Society, 12 (2), pp. 129-138 Brubaker, R. (2002), “Ethnicity without Groups”, European Journal of Sociology 43 (2), pp. 163-189 Lynch, O., (1994), “Urban anthropology, post-modernist cities, and perspectives”, City & Society Annual Review, pp. 35-52 Schiller, N. Çaglar, A., Guldebransen, T. (2006), “Beyond the Ethnic Lens: Locality, globality, and born-again incorporation”, American Ethnologist 33(4), pp. 812-833 Schiller, N., Çaglar, A. (2011), “Locality and globality: building a comparative analytical framework in migration and urban studies”, Schiller, N., Çaglar, A. (eds.), Locating Migra

Teaching method

Each session will have a lecture and a seminar period (based on the presentation and discussion of texts)

Evaluation method

Subject matter

1. The city: theoretical perspectives 2. Ethnicities, transnationalities and diasporas 3. The city as context 4. Immigrants as transformation agents of cities 5. Multiscalar Cities 6. Superdiversity and conviviality 7. Gender, migrations and citizenship 8. Advanced marginality

Programs

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