Diasporas: Transnational Religions and Identity
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
10.0
Responsible teacher
José Manuel Fraga Mapril Gonçalves
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
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
Final work based on the themes explored throughout the unit(50%), Oral presentation of a text chosen among the bibliography or the texts supporting the classes(40%), Students´ assiduity as well as their active participation in the classes(10%)
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
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