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Lecturer(s)
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Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to forced migration 2. Difference between voluntary and forced migration 3. Categories of forcibly displaced people and institutional approaches: asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced, returnees, resettled, exiles, stateless. 4. Overview of the Refugee Regime 5. Political economy and culture of Humanitarianism 6. Dimensions of the 'forced migration experience' and first-hand accounts 7. (Re)settlement, reception of refugees and integration politics 8. Human agency in the context of forced migration: emplacement, adaptation and acculturation processes in the (re)settlement countries and different forms of return, (re)integration in homeland, exile and diasporas 9. Identity, home and belonging 10. Forced migration and psychosocial health 11. Research methods and ethical challenges in forced migration 12. Conclusion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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This course offers an overview of the key terms, concepts, research areas, methodologies and ethical principles relevant to studies of forced migration. Using the case studies from around the world, the course will introduce students to comparative insights into causes and consequences of forced migration. It will also offer a short introduction to international protection of refugees, their rights and responsibilities as well as an overview of the impact of practices and solutions developed by the international organisations and governments. The emphasis will be on the population under investigation, i.e. forced migrants, and how they experience such extraordinary life circumstances. We will look into development of social mechanisms of resilience, resistance, worldviews and how forced migrants negotiate their identities and sense of belonging in changed social contexts, for instance like refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), resettled and returnees.
The course promotes a multidisciplinary approach to studying forced migration and includes relevant theories and interdisciplinary case studies from sociology, socio-cultural anthropology, political science, law and social psychology.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Oral exam Basic knowledge of English
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Recommended literature
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Betts, A.; Loescher, G. (ed.). (2011). Refugees in International Relations. Oxford University Press. (Selected chapters to be advised).
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Block, K.; Riggs E. and Haslam, N. (2015). Researching Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Ethical Considerations, Australian Academic Press: Bowen Hills QLD. (Selected chapters to be advised).
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Grabska, K.; Mehta, L. (eds.). (2008). Forced displacement. Why rights matter. London: Palgrave Macmillan. (Selected chapters to be advised).
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Ingelby, D. (ed.). (2010). Forced Migration and Mental Health. Rethinking the Care Refugees and Displaced Persons, New York: Springer..
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Malkki, L. (1995). ?Refugees and Exile: From Refugee Studies to the National Order of Things?, Annual Review of Anthropology 24: pp. 383-409..
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Porobic S. (2016). ?Daring ?life-return projects? to post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina,? in International Migration, for special issue 'Peace Processes and Durable Returns, 'edited by Neophytos Loizides and Djordje Stefanovic, Volume 55: 192?204..
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Porobic, S. (2017). ?Invisible? returns of former Bosnian refugees and sociality of their well-being? in ?Return Migration and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Discourses, Policy-Making and Outcomes for Migrants and their Families?, edited by Russell King and Zana Vathi, Routledge Books, UK..
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