Module Code - Title:
MR6002
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KEY ISSUES IN MIGRATION STUDIES: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICAL MATTERS
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module continues introducing students to migration studies and how we think about migration across a range of disciplines, including cultural & media studies, psychology, sociology, music and movement studies. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, the module explores the impact of the growth in migration from a variety of perspectives both historical and current. The module will also draw attention to a range of approaches to research on migration related topics in order to help students to develop their own researcher identity.
Syllabus:
The module covers a variety of themes related to migration. It reflects the diverse aspects that come to the fore when studying the interdisciplinary topic of migration with the intention of encouraging students to think about the topics they might pursue with their own research. Themes are as follows:
1. Migration in Psychology
2. Prejudice and Inclusion
3. Comparative European Migration, Policy and Practice
4. Children of Migration a/o Family Migration
5. Othering Humans: Depictions of Migrants in Western Culture and Media
6. Music & Migration Studies
7. Movement & Migration Studies
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
• Analyse representations of migration in culture and media and how discourses catalyze both social affects and political stances
• Analyse the dynamics of music and movement in migratory practices historically and currently.
• Interpret theoretical conceptualisations of global movement, nationalism and construction of the nation state
• Develop intercultural competences and discourse analysis through a critical lens
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
• Value and empathise with the challenges faced by migrants, historically and currently
• Challenge racist discourses of migration and share alternative narratives
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/a
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module is inherently multi-disciplinary, which will contribute to develop both curiosity and adapativity. It introduces students to the topic of migration from a variety of perspectives and is taught by academics from four different research areas. Through seminars and self-directed learning the focus is on students as active participants in their own learning. Staff will include reference to their own research as well as draw on current relevant research in their disciplines. From this diverse range of examples students are prepared to apply their learning either to their independent research or to a work placement. By delivering the module in this way students are encouraged to take a research-led approach to the themes, helped to articulate their learning both orally and in writing and taught to take an ethically responsible and articulated approach to research this, often sensitive, topic.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Gold, S.J. and Nawyn, S.J. eds. (2019)
Routledge international handbook of migration studies
, Routledge
Brettell, C.B. and Hollifield, J. F (2022)
Migration Theory: Talking Across Disciplines
, Routledge
McLeman, R.A (2013)
Climate and Human Migration: Past Experiences, Future Challenges
, Cambridge University Press
Gratzer, Wolfgang et al (eds) (2024)
The Routledge Handbook of Music and Migration: Theories
and Methods
, Routledge
Scholten, P., (2022)
Introduction to Migration Studies: An Interactive Guide to the Literatures on Migration and Diversity
, Springer
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
MAMISTTFA - MIGRATION STUDIES
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
Xose.Boan@ul.ie