Human Mobility in Asia Pacific

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Key concepts and debates in the study of migration and mobilities in anthropology and related disciplines, such as global history and maritime archaeology
• Ethnographic cases of Asian migrations that have global impacts
• Current approaches to the studies of migration, transnationalism and globalisation

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Enhance the comprehension of key concepts, frameworks, and theories to facilitate critical analysis.
• Strengthen your skills in reading and writing to improve your ability to understand, express and synthesize scholarly debates.
• Familiarize yourself with diverse approaches, geographic contexts and national perspectives beyond your specific area of expertise.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Develop a critical understanding of the historical, political and global significance of human mobility in Asia-Pacific
• Apply critical concepts and knowledges in a project of your own design in the studies of human mobility
• Use ethnographic approaches to the study of diverse aspects of Asian migrations

The core themes revolve around the following questions:

• Will China, which is becoming an ageing society, eventually become an immigrant country?
• Can more emigration help India, an emerging economy, to cope with the population explosion?
• Will environmental changes in Asia trigger a new refugee crisis on a global scale?
• While becoming increasingly mobile and globally connected, can Asians bring revolutionary changes to the humankind?

Delivery of the module content will take place through:

• lectures providing the core scholarly concepts – particularly those from anthropology and related disciplines – to the understanding of a wide range of topics related to migration, globalization and the Asian societies
• a series of case studies for understanding human mobility in and beyond Asia;
• in-class discussion about the broader significance of studying human mobility in the rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected world.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Presentation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback will be given during the in-class discussion.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.