ANTH 1160 - Migrants and Refugees
3 Credits
Examines the dimensions of transnational migration and refugee displacement in the US and globally. This course provides an introduction to the concepts, themes and dynamics that anthropologists consider when examining the lives of social groups who voluntarily and involuntarily leave their home country. Students will examine and apply anthropological analyses to ethnographic case studies of migration and refugee experiences. Classroom discussions, lectures and activities will explore worldwide political, economic and social issues to try to understand the current period of widespread migration and displacement holistically.
Major Content Areas
Theories of transnational migration and displacement 20% Historical and global context of migration as a human adaptive strategy 5% Personal bias exploration and self-reflection 5% Cultural relativism and ethnocentrism 5% Defining anthropology and its subfields 5% Ethnographic case studies of migrant and refugee groups 50% Methods of cultural anthropology 10%
Learning Outcomes
Use a culturally relativistic lens to describe a variety of migrant and refugee groups. Articulate students’ own cultural biases and perspectives about the world and their own place within specific social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Apply specific theories and concepts to analyze migrant and refugee issues holistically, comparatively and inclusive of social, cultural, political and economic dynamics. Summarize concepts, questions, theories and methods used by cultural anthropologists in the study of transnational migration and refugee displacement.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
05 - Hist/Soc/Behav Sci 08 - Global Perspective
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