Schedule | critical migration studies

SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS (subject to change)

October 9

Chandra Mohanty, ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’ – be prepared to discuss the following questions:
- what are the “primary sources” or main objects that Mohanty is analyzing in the essay? Basically, what is the archive of texts that Mohanty analyzes in order to make her claims for the essay?
- what is the historical and geographic scope of the essay? Basically, what are the years in which the primary sources were made and what is the place they come from?
- In class you will complete a groupwork assignment on these questions
Discussion video on Mohanty
Anna Giartelli, ‘DHS: Caravan Migrants from 20 Countries include 270 Criminals’
Nicholas De Genova, “Spectacles of Migrant Illegality”
- what is the main argument of the essay?

October 16

Harsha Walia, ‘What is Border Imperialism?’ (p26-50 of the PDF)
Alejandra Mejia, ‘My Family’s Journey’
Suyapa Portillo Villeda and Gerardo Torres Zelaya, “Why Are Honduran Children Leaving?’
Initial Topic Proposal Due – please write a 4-5 sentence description of your initial topic proposal. Clarify what specific object/primary sources you want to consider, what the historical and geographic scope will be, and discuss what type of analysis you want to do. Submit to canvas. You will present and discuss in class.

October 23

Nicholas De Genova, ‘The Borders of Europe and the European Question’
BBC, ‘Germany shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women’
De Correspondent: ‘Time for the facts: what do we know about Cologne four months later?’
Initial Source Analysis Due:
Identify a key academic secondary source for your project. Does it help you explain the history, context, and/or methods you’ll need to analyze your object? Outline the key arguments presented in the source, discuss the types of evidence supporting those arguments, and connect it to some broader themes in critical migration studies (or more generally about race, gender, sexuality). Discuss how it helps your project and prepare to present this information about the source and relevance to the class. Upload to Canvas.

October 30

Lecture on evaluating sources in library search
Fatima El-Tayeb, ‘Secular Submissions: Muslim Europeans, Female Bodies, and Performative Politics’ [Also available for direct reading on the library website – chapter 3 of EUROPEAN OTHERS]
Detailed Outline and Source List Due:Please upload a detailed outline for your paper and a list of sources to Canvas.For the outline: Include a provisional idea of your thesis, which will discuss your object/primary source and explain what you want to analyze about it, what its larger significance is, and how it connects to broader themes about migration, race, gender, colonialism, etc. There should be a clear breakdown of the supporting paragraphs, including historical/geographic context you may wish to offer, your approach/method, analysis of the object at hand, discussions of relevant theories and how other scholars have approached the issue, and a conclusion. For each paragraph, give a sense of what the subclaim might be and what part of your object you will be highlighting.
For the source list: You must at this point have at least 1 primary source and at least 4 strong secondary sources that you have identified independent of the course readings. The secondary sources should be academic sources rather than websites, magazines, films, etc.

Nov 6

Nov 13

Nov 20

Nov 27 – No class

Dec 4

Dec 18