Based on ethnographic research, this course will focus on theories, methods, and applications developed in social and cultural anthropology in migration fields. In doing so, the course offers students analytical frameworks for understanding contemporary migration in a globalized world, wjile considering gender, generation, ethnicity, national origin, and transnationalism at different social levels (family, community, local, or national). Theoretical and practical implications will also be considered in areas such as public policy, health, community development, or social exclusion.
1.- Anthropology and Migration:
Chicago School
Urban migration
Peasants
Cultural change (assimilation/ acculturation)
Continuum folk-urban
Culture of poverty
Rhodes-Livingston Institute
African workers
Required Readings:
Burawoy, Michael (2000) “Introduction. Reaching for the Global.” In Michael Burawoy et al. Global Ethnography. Berkeley: University of California Press (pp. 1-40).
Kearny, Michael (1986) “From the Invisible Hand to Visible Feet: Anthropological Studies of Migration and Development” Annual Review of Anthropology 15: 331-361.
Glick Schiller, Nina, Linda Basch y Cristina Szanton Blanc (1995) “From Immigrant to Transmigrant: Theorizing Transnational Migration” Anthropological Quarterly, 68 (1):48-63
Optional Readings:
Wimmer, Andreas and Nina Glick Schiller (2003) “International Migration Review.” Vol. 37, No. 3, Transnational Migration: International Perspectives, 37(3): 576-610.
Heyman JM (1998) State Effects on Labor Exploitation: The INS and undocumented immigrants at the Mexico-US Border. Critique of Anthropology, 18(2): 157-180.
2.- Theoretical and Methodological Approaches and Macro/Micro Structures
The School of Manchester
Social networks families
Urban anthropology
Structural conditions
Multisited ethnography
Ethnicity
Adaptation.
Required Readings:
Burawoy, Michael (1998) “The Extended Case Method.” Sociology Theory, 16(1): 4-33.
Marcus, George E. (1995) "Ethnography in/of the world system: The emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography". Annual Review of Anthropology 24, pp. 95-117.
Mahler, S. (1995) “Salvadorans Flee the Civil War.”Salvadorans in Suburbia. Symbiosis and Conflict. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Menjívar (2000) “The Long Journey through Mexico.” Fragmented Ties. Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America. Berckeley: University of California Press, (Chapter: 3).
Optional Readings:
Kearny, Michael (1995) “The Local and the Global: The Anthropology of Globalization and Transnationalism” Annual Review of Anthropology, 24: 247-265.
Kandel W. and Massey DS (2002) “The Culture of Migration in Mexico: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.” Social Forces, 80(3): 981-1004 (on line).
Barnes, John (1954) “Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parish” Human Relations, 7, 1: 39-58.
3.- Globalization, Modes of Incorporation, and Transnationalism
Globalization
Modes of incorporation
Migratory policies
Labor market
Human capital
Social capital
Transmigrants
Transnationalism
Transnational communities
Required Readings:
Cadavar (1998) “The Beginnings of the Latino Community; “The Festival Parade: Framing Cultural Identities.”Creating a Latino Identity in the Nation Capital. The Latino Festival. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc. (Chapters: 2, 6).
Mahler, Sarah (1995) “Salvadorans in the U.S.¿Status in Limbo.” Salvadorans in Suburbia. Symbiosis and Conflict. Boston: Allyn and Bacon (Chapter: 1).
Sánchez Molina, Raúl (2008) “Modes of Incorporation, Social Exclusion, and Transnationalism: Salvadorans’ Adaptation to Washington Metropolitan Area.” Human Organization, 67(3): 269-280.
Optional Readings:
Wimmer, Andreas and Nina Glick Schiller (2003) International Migration Review, 37(3): 576-610.
Heyman JM (1998) State Effects on Labor Exploitation: The INS and undocumented immigrants at the Mexico-US Border. Critique of Anthropology, 18(2): 157-180.
4.- Migration, Gender, and Family
Gender
Reproductive labor market
Policies and social exclusion
Transnational family, mothering , and generation.
Required Readings:
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette & Avila, Ernestine (1997) "I'm Here, but I'm There: The Meanings of Latino Transnational Motherhood" Gender & Society, 11(5): 548-571.
Salazar Parreñas, Rhacel (2010) “Transnational Mothering: A Source of Gender Conflicts in the Family.” North Carolina Law Review, 88: 1825-1856 (on line).
Schmalzbauer, Leah (2004). “Searching for Wages and Mothering from Afar: The Case of Honduran Transnational Families.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 66: 1317-1331.
Optional Readings:
Åkesson, Lisa, Jørgen Carling, and Heike Drotbohm (2012) “Mobility, Moralities and Motherhood: Navigating the Contingencies of Cape Verdean Lives.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(2):237-260.
Boehm, Deborah A. (2008) ““ For My Children:” Constructing Family and Navigating the State in the U.S.-Mexico Transnation.” Anthropological Quarterly, 81(4):777–802.
Hochschild, Arlie Russell (2000) “Global Care Chains and Emotional Surplus Value.” In Hutton, W. and Giddens, A. (eds) On The Edge: Living with Global Capitalism. London: Jonathan Cape, pp. 130-146.
5.- Migration, Social Exclusion, and Transnationalism in Spain
Spain as a receiving country
Labor market
Migratory policies
Social exclusion
Transnationalism
Required Readings:
Martínez Veiga, Ubaldo (2001). "Inmigrant Labor: Policies, Civil Rights, Violence and the Labor Market: El Ejido (Almería, Spain)." Endoxa, 15 (129-135).
Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva (2011) “Co-development and Citizenship: The Nexus between Policies on Local Migrant Incorporation and Migrant Transnational Practices in Spain.” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(1): 20-39
Escandell, Xavier y María Teresa Tapias (2010) “Transnational Lives, Travelling Emotions and Idioms of Distress Among Bolivian Migrants in Spain.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(6): 407-423.
Optional Readings:
Denerva, Neva (2009) “The Young-Old Transnational Travellers on the Transformation of Care Arrangements among Bulgarian Muslim Migrants in Spain.” migrationonline.cz, pp. 1-16 (on line).
Gómez Mestres, Sílvia, Jose Luis Molina, Sarah Hoeksma y Mónica Lubbers (2012) “Bulgarian Migrants in Spain: Social Networks, Patterns of Transnationality, Community Dynamics and Cultural Change in Catalonia (Northeastern Spain).” Southeastern Europe, 36(2): 208-236.
