Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Ethnographic cases of Asian migrations that have global impacts
- Current approaches to the studies of migration, transnationalism and globalisation
- Key concepts and debates in the study of migration and mobilities in anthropology and related disciplines, such as global history and maritime archaeology
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- 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.
- Enhance the comprehension of key concepts, frameworks, and theories to facilitate critical analysis.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- 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
- Develop a critical understanding of the historical, political and global significance of human mobility in Asia-Pacific
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 128 |
| Teaching | 22 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Chu, Julie Y (2006). To Be ‘Emplaced’: Fuzhounese Migration and the Politics of Destination. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 13(3), pp. 395–425.
Xiang Biao (2020). The Gyroscope-like Economy: Hypermobility, Structural Imbalance and Pandemic Governance in China. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 21(4), pp. 521-532.
Cheuk, Ka-Kin (2022). Funny Money Circulation and Fabric Exports From China to Dubai Through Indian Trading Networks. American Behavioral Scientist, 66(2), pp. 232-249.
Morris, Julia. Power, Capital, and Immigration Detention Rights: Making Networked Markets in Global Detention Governance at UNHCR. Global Networks, 17, pp. 400-422.
Dua, Jatin (2019). Hijacked: Piracy and Economies of Protection in the Western Indian Ocean. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 61(3), pp. 479–507.
Osella, Filippo (2021). The Unbearable Lightness of Trust: Trade, Conviviality, and the Life-World of Indian Export Agents in Yiwu, China. Modern Asian Studies, 56(4), pp. 1222-1252.
Lan, Shanshan (2019). Reconstructing Blackness in Grassroots Interactions Between Chinese and Africans in Guangzhou. Anthropological Quarterly, 92(2), pp. 481-508.
Cheng, Sealing (2011). Sexual Protection, Citizenship and Nationhood: Prostituted Women and Migrant Wives in South Korea. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(10), pp. 1627-1648.
Assessment
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.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Resubmit assessments | 100% |
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.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal