Admission requirements
Only students who have finished the course “Global Connections 1” can take part in this course.
Description
This course is a continuation of the course Global Connections 1.
In this course we will follow the movement of people and goods. We will pay attention firstly, on particular groups of people as they migrate from one country to another or from one area to another. We will examine the social networks, ideas of nationhood and the politics of belonging associated with economies of migration. Secondly, we will examine commodities such as coffee, tobacco, money, and gold, and analyse the process of value-making and the boundaries of markets. Geographically, this specialization focuses on the links between the countries in ‘the North’ and those in ‘the South’ and the links within these regions, in both the present and in the colonial past.
Keywords: globalization and capitalism; governance and sovereignty; migration and citizenship; commodity values and circulation; cultural meanings.
Course objectives
Students who follow this course will develop:
a firm foundation in political and economic anthropological theory,
academic skills necessary to analyze processes that affect different groups of people in society,
knowledge to connect issues that are politically relevant and urgent in the current world situation with local day-to-day events,
research skills and methodologies within the framework of global ethnographies,
skills which are relevant in policy making; NGO consultancy; social activism; or journalism.
Time table
Time: November 8 – 30, each Thursday and Friday 10-13 h
Location: Thursdays room 1A37, Fridays room 1A22
Mode of instruction
Total 5 ECTS = 190 study hours (sbu):
Lectures 12 hrs = 18 sbu
Group discussions 6 hrs = 12 sbu *
Study of literature 335 pp = 56 sbu
Assesment method
Weekly assignments = 16 sbu *
Final paper 5 pp = 40 sbu
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used to spread course-relevant information and assignments.
Reading list
To be announced. Students themselves will also be given room to select literature dicussed in assignments. The literature should connect the issues discussed in class to their own field of study.
Registration
Registration for the MA electives will be possible in September 2012 at the Secretariate of the Institute CA-DS (room 3A19, Pieter de la Court building) as well as on Blackboard.
Contact
Dr. Sabine Luning
e-mail: sluning@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Rm 3A35
Dr. Ratna Saptari
e-mail: rsaptari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Rm 3A33
Prof. dr. Peter Pels
e-mail: pels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Rm 3A 25