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240022 VO+UE VM3 / VM1 - Return migration and Integration in Southern Africa (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Di 21.01. 09:15-10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

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Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 08.10. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 15.10. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 22.10. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 29.10. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 05.11. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 12.11. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 19.11. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 26.11. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 03.12. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 10.12. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 17.12. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 07.01. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 14.01. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Dienstag 28.01. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Aim: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the overview of concepts and processes of return migration and post-return embeddedness in Southern Africa.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, student should be able to;
1. Critically discuss and evaluate various theoretical approaches and concepts associated with return migration
2. Describe the evolution of migratory movements in the Southern African region, as facilitated by the evolution of coloniality, state-building, and resource extraction in the second half of the 19th century
3. Assess and analyze political and sociological aspects of 'return' narratives in selected countries in Southern Africa, and relate them to narratives in the Global North
3. Contrast return experiences in Southern Africa with conceptions and assumptions of state-sponsored return and reintegration programmes in Europe

Content:
The course will be organized in following five parts
• Histories and discourses of migration in Southern Africa
• Socio-cultural and political discourses of migration in Southern Africa: focus on South Africa
• Return Migration: Theories and Concepts
• "Return" and "Development" in Southern Africa
• Return Experiences in Zimbabwe

Methods:

- Input from the Course Lead (with student discussion),
- Discussion formats (plenary and small group)
- Presentation of prepared material (individual/groups)

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment for this course will be based the two components:

1. A reflection paper
2. A class presentation

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

For successful completion of the course, participants are expected to meet the following minimum requirements:
• Regular attendance,
• Active participation in class discussions,
• Individual/group presentation of a selected reading,
• A written reflection

Prüfungsstoff

No examination in this course

Literatur

Theories and Concepts
• Wahba, J. (2021). Who benefits from return migration to developing countries?. IZA World of Labor.
• El-Mallakh, N., & Wahba, J. (2021). Upward or downward: Occupational mobility and return migration. World Development, 137, 105203.
• Cassarino, J. P. (2004). Theorising return migration: The conceptual approach to return migrants revisited. International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS), 6(2), 253-279.
• King, R., & Kuschminder, K. (2022). Introduction: definitions, typologies and theories of return migration. In Handbook of return migration (pp. 1-22). Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Vathi, Z., King, R., & Kalir, B. (2023). Editorial introduction: The shifting geopolitics of return migration and reintegration. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 24(Suppl 2), 369-385.
• Lietaert, I. (2022). Critical reflections on assisted return programmes and practices. In Handbook of return migration (pp. 108-121). Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Alfaro-Velcamp, T., & Shaw, M. (2016). ‘Please go home and build Africa’: Criminalising immigrants in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 42(5), 983-998.
• Sinatti, G. (2015). Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries. Ethnic and racial studies, 38(2), 275-291.
• Sinatti, G. (2022). Return migration, entrepreneurship and development. In Handbook of Return Migration (pp. 344-357). Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Van Houte, M., & Davids, T. (2013). Development and return migration: from policy panacea to migrant perspective sustainability. In Globalisation and Migration (pp. 181-199). Routledge.
• Mueller, C., & Kuschminder, K. (2023). Beyond ‘Just Comes’ and ‘Know-It-Alls’: Exploring Strategies to Deal with Returnee Stigmas During Diaspora Return Visits for Knowledge Transfer. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 24(Suppl 2), 427-443.
• Lietaert, I., & Kuschminder, K. (2021). Contextualizing and conceptualizing reintegration processes in the context of return. International Migration, 59(2).
• Lietaert, I., Derluyn, I., & Broekaert, E. (2014). Returnees' perspectives on their re‐migration processes. International Migration, 52(5), 144-158.
• Lai, Y., & Vonortas, N. S. (2021). Returnee academic entrepreneurship in China. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 22(1), 8-23.
• Haarman, A., & Langevang, T. (2021). Capitalizing on translocal affiliations: configuring capital in returnee entrepreneurship. Global Networks, 21(4), 703-722.
• Kropiwnicki, Z. D. S. (2013). The meeting of myths and realities: the" homecoming" of second-generation exiles in post-apartheid South Africa. Refuge, 30, 79.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

VM3 / VM8;

Letzte Änderung: Sa 21.09.2024 21:46