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
Bach, L. et al. (1992). Transnationalism: new analytic framework for understanding migration, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 645: 1-24.
Brubaker, R. (2005). The ‘diaspora’ diaspora, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28 (1): 1-19.
Grillo, R., Gardner, K. (2002). Transnational households and ritual: an overview, Global Networks, 2 (3), pp. 179-191.
Leal, J. (2017). Ritual, transnationalism and social remittances: two way travels of the Holy Ghost, Análise Social 225 (LII): 760-781.
Levitt, P. (2003). You know, Abraham was really the first migrant: Religion and transnational migration, International Migration Review, 37 (3): 847-873. Liberatore, G., Fesenmyer, L. (2019). Diaspora and Religion: Connecting and Disconnecting, in Cohen, R., Fischer, C. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies, London, Routledge, pp. 233-240.
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
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
Programs where the course is taught: