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240050 SE VM3 / VM7 - Intersectional perspectives on migrant economies (2022W)

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 23.02. 10:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Friday 24.02. 10:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Monday 27.02. 10:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 28.02. 10:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar will present the most important theoretical and conceptual contributions in the field of migrant economies, as well as empirical aspects of migrant entrepreneurship in the Global North. The main categories of the research field, their epistemological and historical embedding, as well as their implications for scientific analysis and societal and political action will be discussed. The research field of migrant / ethnic economics is positioned at the interface of different disciplines, but also of scientific and political debates and strategies. Migration research has long constructed migrants as others by defining social groups based on their ethno-national origins, thereby ignoring the interdependencies between and within different social groups and respective social power relations.
The seminar will introduce discussions on how research classifies migrant entrepreneurship between economic marginality and growth markets, between precariousness and potential. Important contributions, which have had a lasting impact on the research field, will be presented: from concepts of opportunity structures, social and multiple embedding, to agency, feminist criticism of classical research and socio-spatial analysis. The seminar will also discuss methodological foundations and innovations in research on migration, incorporation, and migrant economies, which open the research field for intersectional analyzes of power relations and inequalities. The course focuses on research approaches, which can grasp and analyze social interactions and relationships and can trace social construction of categories in research, public and by the entrepreneurs themselves.

The students learn different theoretical perspectives on migration and integration within the field of migrant economies and will be able to point out differences and continuities within the field, as well as major theoretical and conceptual innovations. Bason on the main literature within the field, the students will learn how research interest, theory, methodology and methods align in social science research. Students will learn to read, excerpt, discuss and critically reflect academic papers, work in groups and individually on assigned topics, including input to the class, and find own approaches to the field.

The course is based on input by the lecturer, in-class presentations and homework by students, and a seminar paper.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance is obligatory, as well as active participation throught the seminar sessions.
Regular reading and discussion of respective literature.
Active participation in group assignments.
Presentation of seminar paper concept.
Graded seminar paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance is mandatory, unexcused absences may not exceed half a day (3 hours).
The minimum requirement for the positive assessment is the writing of a seminar paper in accordance with the requirements of the lecturer.
Each partial performance (in-class participation, homework, presentation and seminar paper) is evaluated independently. The seminar paper accounts for 40% of the assessment of the course, participation, homework and presentation each for 20%.

Examination topics

Being able to read, understand and summarize selected literature.
Being able to conduct independent internet and literature research, and to present results to the class and to engage in discussion.
Linking empirical cases and observation to different theoretical concepts.
Writing a seminar paper according to the requirements of the course management and the standard of scientific work (correct citation, structure of the work, etc.)

Reading list

Will be announced on moodle

Association in the course directory

VM3 / VM7

Last modified: Mo 13.02.2023 15:29