The Mobile World: Geographies of Migration and Movement (U00399)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : GEO-3-MOBILE

This subject examines a number of examples of human mobility in the contemporary world, including: refugee movements, asylum seekers and 'illegal immigrants', temporary worker migration, internal migrations, transnational migrations, diasporic and 'nomadic' communities and modern pilgrimages.

The course introduces students to a number of theoretical issues relevant to contemporary thinking about mobility in the modern world, including: mobility and the international labour market (including racialised and gender differentiated labour); regulation and mobility (national and transnational responses); mobility, citizenship and senses of belonging.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Geography, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this subject should:
- understand the range of circumstances which produce human mobility in the modern world;
- learn about the different forms that human mobility takes;
- comprehend the implications of movement for citizen rights;
- understand the relationship between migration and labour markets;
- relate different kinds of human mobility to the relevant cultural, social, political and economic circumstances;
- understand the link between globalisation and human mobility;
- relate human mobility to racialised, gendered and sexual differences;
- understand how mobility shapes contemporary senses of belonging and home.