" …all sorts of strange people were around, people who looked more at home than she was, even the homeless ones who spoke no English, were more at home maybe because they were younger, and when she went out it seemed to her that she too had migrated, that everyone migrates, even if we stay in the same houses our whole lives, because we can't help it. We are all migrants through time." (Exit West, Mohsin Hamid).
Migration and Identity
Discussing the representation of migrants in economic theory and literature
Si vous êtes intéressé.e par la migration, Sri Lanka, les femmes migrantes, les relations complèxes entre identité et migration, alors c'est le cours pour vous.
Les objectifs
Comprendre, questionner, éprouver de l'empathie vis-à-vis de la migration et l'identité.
Nous allons comparer la représentation de migrants en théorie économique avec les récits en littérature et cinéma.
Nous allons nous appuyer sur le cas concrèt des femmes migrantes non-qualifiées Sri Lankaises.
Nous allons établir une liste des vos questions et vos intérêts afin d'orienter nos discussions, ainsi nous pouvons travailler notre compréhension, l'analyse et l'expression (écrite et parlée).
Vous allez choisir un projet de groupe, afin de traiter une question sur migration et identité. Vous pouvez vous appuyer sur un ou plusieurs livres, des films, des articles ou bien traiter des cas précis, ou de zones géographiques précises. Plus vous être précis.e.s et plus votre argumentation est pertinente et développée (sans être purement descriptive), mieux c'est!
Méthode
Nos références théoriques principales seront les travaux d'Amartya Sen. Nous utiliserons également des livres (The Boat People, Exit West, etc.), des films (Machan, The Namesake, etc.).
" …all sorts of strange people were around, people who looked more at home than she was, even the homeless ones who spoke no English, were more at home maybe because they were younger, and when she went out it seemed to her that she too had migrated, that everyone migrates, even if we stay in the same houses our whole lives, because we can't help it. We are all migrants through time." (Exit West, Mohsin Hamid).
Migration and Identity
Discussing the representation of migrants in economic theory and literature
If you are interested in migration, Sri Lanka, women migrant workers, the complex relationship between identity and migration, then this is the course for you.
Aims and objectives:
Understanding, empathising and questioning migration and identity.
We will compare representations of migrants in economic theory and contrast it with narratives in literature and cinema.
We will use the specific example of Sri Lankan migrant women workers as a case study.
We will draw up a list of your interests and inquiries on this subject and focus our discussions on them. In doing so, we will work on English comprehension, analysis and expression (written and spoken).
You will choose a group project, which will discuss a specific question or angle on migration and identity. You can choose to work on novels, films, news articles or specific case studies, geographical zones. I will be expecting very precise angles of discussion or central questions, with strong arguments, not descriptions.
Methodology:
Our theoretical framework will draw on Amartya Sen’s work (the Capability Approach, the Theory of Justice). Our literary comparisons will draw on novels (The Boat People, Exit West, etc.). We will watch films (Machan, The Namesake, etc.)
Using these sources, we will discuss various topics, producing written and oral comments and analyses, which you will use for your final project.
Evaluations :
There will be a contrôle classant at the end of P3.
Your group project will be graded and peer-evaluated. In addition, your active participation during class will be taken into account.
- Teaching coordinator: Langlois Laura Hilary
- Teaching coordinator: Rajapakse Nadeera