Course Syllabus
Obiettivi formativi
Il corso parte dall'assunto che la sociologia sia da intendere come l'insieme dello studio e dei metodi per descrivere l'azione sociale. Per questo gli obbiettivi formativi di questo corso sono: 1) offrire un quadro interdisciplinare delle più importanti teorie e approcci alla migrazione; 2) riflettere sul fenomeno della migrazione e riuscire ad applicare metodi di ricerca adeguati; 3) offrire agli studenti il sapere critico necessario per comprendere le migrazioni contemporanee, per approcciare le problematiche migratorie e per riflettere su possibili soluzioni. Il corso vorrebbe restituire la conoscenza delle istanze concrete e pratiche che incontrano le migrazioni nelle dinamiche di vita quotidiana, con una particolare attenzione agli aspetti di welfare, alla moltiplicazione delle diseguaglianze e alle forme sempre più diffuse di razzismo sistemico.
Contenuti sintetici
Teorie sulle migrazioni
- Controllo dei confini e politiche di confine
- Teorie sulla cittadinanza e sull'integrazione
- Analisi dei dati sulle migrazioni
- Politiche e welfare della migrazione
- Black lives matter? Diseguaglianze e discriminazioni e nuove sfide della social membership con un confronto tra contesti anglosassoni e fenomeno italiano
Programma esteso
Il corso si svilupperà in 4 parti: la prima parte è basata sull'analisi delle teorie classiche e contemporanee sulla migrazione. A partire dalle teorie critiche sul concetto di confine si ripercorrerà una breve storia della cittadinanza e dei modelli di integrazione. La seconda parte rifletterà sulle pratiche di accoglienza, di gestione dei centri e il ruolo della società civile nelle varie fasi del percorso migratorio. La terza parte si svilupperà attorno alla descrizione del fenomeno della migrazione nelle società di arrivo, approfondirà le sue trasformazioni e i modelli di policy e di governo delle mobilità umane e gli effetti in termini di welfare e diseguaglianze. Infine, l'ultima parte sarà un focus sulle proteste del Black live matter, sulle diseguaglianze correlate alla cosiddetta "linea del colore" e alle forme e strutture coloniali e post-coloniali, sulla forme di discriminazione e sulle sfide della social membership negli Stati Uniti e in Europa, con una particolare attenzione al caso italiano.
Parte 1: Da dove vengo? Il migrante
1.1 Chi è il migrante? La migrazione come fatto sociale totale.
1.2 Chi è il migrante? Migrazioni forzate, migrazioni economiche, richiedenti asilo e migrazioni ambientali
1.3 Territorio, territorialità, confine
Parte 2: Perché le persone migrano?
2.1 Dati e periodizzazione delle migrazioni
2.2 Non refoulement vs. non entrée
2.3 Selettività del processo migratorio e controllo delle frontiere
2.4 La "Crimmigration"
2.5 Politiche migratorie: modelli e casi
Parte 3: Politiche migratorie e gestione della convivenza
3.1 La cittadinanza: storia, problemi, sfide 3.2 I modelli di integrazione: assimilazione, multiculturalismo e superdiversità
3.3 Diseguaglianze, welfare e migrazioni
3.4 Lavoro e sfruttamento
3.5 Spazi, politiche e cittadinanza
Parte 4: Black lives matter? Diseguaglianze e discriminazioni e nuove sfide della social membership
4.1 La linea del colore: approcci coloniali e post-coloniali alla discriminazione
4.2 Produzione e riproduzione di discriminazione e diseguaglianze: genere, razza, classe4.3 Black lives matter? Il contesto statunitense
4.4 Black lives matter? Il contesto europeo e italiano
Riflessioni conclusive: Nuove sfide della social membership
Prerequisiti
Sufficienti capacità e conoscenze della lingua inglese, di logica e di sociologia, ragionevoli capacità comunicative, di apprendimento e di scrittura.
Metodi didattici
Se le condizioni sanitarie lo permetteranno, il corso si svolgerà in presenza, con una forte interazione in aula (la partecipazione in aula è uno degli assessment della valutazione finale). In caso di necessità di misure precauzionali, il corso continuerà online sulla piattaforma Webex al link https://unimib.webex.
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Il corso prevede un esame orale (in presenza) al termine del percorso in aula. In caso di necessità sanitarie, gli esami orali si svolgeranno in modalità telematica.
La valutazione si compone di due aspetti differenti:
- la partecipazione in aula e la frequenza al corso (30%)
- la discussione orale a partire da un caso di studio (70%)
Testi di riferimento
I testi di riferimento saranno tutti disponibili online e condivisi su Moodle con gli studenti.
Saskia Sassen (2013) "When Territory Deborders Territoriality", Territory, Politics, Governance, 1:1, 21-45, DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2013.769895
Hooks, Bell. "CHOOSING THE MARGIN AS A SPACE OF RADICAL OPENNESS." Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, no. 36 (1989): 15-23.
Ambrosini, M. "Superdiversity, multiculturalism and local policies: a study on European cities"- Policy & Politics, 2017
Balibar Etienne, "What is a border?" in Politics and other scene, Verso Books, 2002, pp. 75-87
Balibar Etienne, "The Genealogical scheme: Race or Culture?" Trans-Scripts 1 (2011)
Benhabib, Seyla, Another Cosmopolitanism, Oxford University press, (2005), Chapter: "Hospitality, Sovereignty, and Democratic Iterations".
Mezzadra, Sandro and Neilson Brett, "Between inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global space and Borders", Theory Culture and Society 2012, 29: 58
Campesi, Giuseppe. "Seeking Asylum in Times of Crisis: Reception, Confinement, and Detention at Europe’s Southern Border." Refugee Survey Quarterly 37.1 (2018): 44-70.
Agier, Michel, "Humanity as an Identity and its Political Effects (A note on Camps and Humanitarian Government)", Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2010, p. 29-45
Calavita, Kitty. “Law, Citizenship, and the Construction of (Some) Immigrant ‘Others.’” Law & Social Inquiry, vol. 30, no. 2, 2005, pp. 401–420.
Bigo, Didier (2002) "Security and Immigration: Toward a Critique of the Governmentality of Unease." Alternatives: Global Local Political 27:63-92.
Crenshaw, Kimberle "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics," University of Chicago Legal Forum: Vol. 1989: Iss. 1, Article 8.
Hall, Stuart. “The Local and the Global: Globalization and Ethnicity.” Culture, Globalization, and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity, edited by ANTHONY D. KING, NED - New edition ed., University of Minnesota Press, 1997, pp. 19–40.
HALL, Stuart. “Old and New Identities, Old and New Ethnicities.” Culture, Globalization, and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity, edited by ANTHONY D. KING, NED - New edition ed., University of Minnesota Press, 1997, pp. 41–68
Ulteriori letture suggerite
Bartram, D., Poros, M., and Monforte, P. (2014). Key Concepts in Migration. Sage, London, New York. Chapter 19.Forced migration. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Chapter 19.
Chan, Angel. "Superdiversity and critical multicultural pedagogies: Working with migrant families." Policy Futures in Education (2019): 1478210319873773.
Menjívar, Cecilia. 2014. "Immigration Law Beyond Borders: Externalizing and Internalizing Border Controls in an Era of Securitization." Annual Review of Law and Social Science 10(1):353-69.
Weber, Leanne, and Benjamin Bowling (2004) "Policing Migration: A Framework for Investigating the Regulation of Global Mobility." Policing and Society 14(3):195-212.
Learning objectives
Starting from a conception of sociology as the study and the methods for describing human behaviors, the course aims: 1) to offer a review of the most important theories and approaches to migration; 2) to reflect and apply methods of investigation of migration; 3) to offer to the students the necessary critical knowledge to understand contemporary migrations, to address migration’s issues, to reflect on possible solutions and to be aware of concrete and practical issues of migration in everyday life, with a specific focus on welfare and inequalities production and reproduction and the increasing forms of systemic racism.
Contents
- Theories on migration
- Border controls and border policing
- Theories on citizenship and integration
- Data analysis on migration
- Migration policies and welfare
- Black lives matter? Inequalities, discrimination and new challenges of social membership with a comparison between Western contexts and the Italian case
Detailed program
The course will be developed in 4 parts: the first part is based on the analysis of classical and contemporary theories on migration, a reflection on the concept of border and a brief history of citizenship and different models of integration. The second part will be based on welcoming practices, management of retention centers and first aid/role of NGO's. The third part will develop the description of the phenomena in welcoming societies, the transformations of migration, and the models of policing and the effects on welfare and inequalities. The last part will focus on Black lives matter protests, on inequalities related to the so called Color line, and to the colonial and post-colonial structures, on forms of discrimination and challenges of social membership in USA and in Europe with a particular attention to the Italian case.
Part 1: Where I’m from? The migrant
1.1 Who ‘s the migrant? Migration as a total social fact
1.2 Who is the migrant? Forced migrants, Economic migrant, refugee, climate migrant
1.3 Territory, territoriality, border
Part 2: Why do people migrate?
2.1 Data and periodization of migrations
2.2 Non refoulement vs. non entrée
2.3 Choosing migrants/controlling borders
2.4 The so called "Crimmigration"
2.5 Migration’s policies: models and cases
Part 3: Migration policies: how to regulate migration?
3.1 Citizenship: history, issues, challenges
3.2 Models of integration: assimilation, multiculturalism and superdiversity
3.3 Inequalities, welfare and migration
3.4 Labor and exploitation
3.5 Spaces, polices and citizenship
Part 4: Black lives matter? Inequalities, discrimination and new challenges of social membership
4.1 The Color line: colonial and post-colonial theories on discrimination
4.2 Production and reproduction of discrimination and inequalities: gender, race, class
4.3 Black lives matter? The US case
4.4 Black lives matter? The European and Italian cases
Final remarks: new challenges of social membership
Prerequisites
Sufficient educational skills in logic, English, social culture and reasonable capacities in learning, writing and communication.
Teaching methods
If sanitary conditions will permit, the course will be conducted in-person, with strong classroom interaction (classroom participation is one of the assessments in the final evaluation). If precautionary measures may be needed, the course will continue online on the Webex platform at https://unimib.webex.com/meet/valeria.verdolini. Any changes will be promptly communicated on the Moodle.
Assessment methods
The course includes an oral exam (in-person) at the end of the classroom course. In case of sanitary needs, the oral exams will be held in telematic mode.
The evaluation is composed of two different aspects:
- the participation in the classroom and the course attendance (30%)
- the oral discussion based on a case study (70%)
Textbooks and Reading Materials
All the text will be available on Moodle and shared with the students
Saskia Sassen (2013) "When Territory Deborders Territoriality", Territory, Politics, Governance, 1:1, 21-45, DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2013.769895
Hooks, Bell. "CHOOSING THE MARGIN AS A SPACE OF RADICAL OPENNESS." Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, no. 36 (1989): 15-23.
Ambrosini, M. "Superdiversity, multiculturalism and local policies: a study on European cities"- Policy & Politics, 2017
Balibar Etienne, "What is a border?" in Politics and other scene, Verso Books, 2002, pp. 75-87
Balibar Etienne, "The Genealogical scheme: Race or Culture?" Trans-Scripts 1 (2011)
Benhabib, Seyla, Another Cosmopolitanism, Oxford University press, (2005), Chapter: "Hospitality, Sovereignty, and Democratic Iterations".
Mezzadra, Sandro and Neilson Brett, "Between inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global space and Borders", Theory Culture and Society 2012, 29: 58
Campesi, Giuseppe. "Seeking Asylum in Times of Crisis: Reception, Confinement, and Detention at Europe’s Southern Border." Refugee Survey Quarterly 37.1 (2018): 44-70.
Agier, Michel, "Humanity as an Identity and its Political Effects (A note on Camps and Humanitarian Government)", Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2010, p. 29-45
Calavita, Kitty. “Law, Citizenship, and the Construction of (Some) Immigrant ‘Others.’” Law & Social Inquiry, vol. 30, no. 2, 2005, pp. 401–420.
Bigo, Didier (2002) "Security and Immigration: Toward a Critique of the Governmentality of Unease." Alternatives: Global Local Political 27:63-92.
Crenshaw, Kimberle "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics," University of Chicago Legal Forum: Vol. 1989: Iss. 1, Article 8.
Hall, Stuart. “The Local and the Global: Globalization and Ethnicity.” Culture, Globalization, and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity, edited by ANTHONY D. KING, NED - New edition ed., University of Minnesota Press, 1997, pp. 19–40.
HALL, Stuart. “Old and New Identities, Old and New Ethnicities.” Culture, Globalization, and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity, edited by ANTHONY D. KING, NED - New edition ed., University of Minnesota Press, 1997, pp. 41–68
Ulteriori letture suggerite
Bartram, D., Poros, M., and Monforte, P. (2014). Key Concepts in Migration. Sage, London, New York. Chapter 19.Forced migration. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Chapter 19.
Chan, Angel. "Superdiversity and critical multicultural pedagogies: Working with migrant families." Policy Futures in Education (2019): 1478210319873773.
Menjívar, Cecilia. 2014. "Immigration Law Beyond Borders: Externalizing and Internalizing Border Controls in an Era of Securitization." Annual Review of Law and Social Science 10(1):353-69.
Weber, Leanne, and Benjamin Bowling (2004) "Policing Migration: A Framework for Investigating the Regulation of Global Mobility." Policing and Society 14(3):195-212.
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Valeria Verdolini