Wednesday, 8 February, 10.15-12.00

Continuing from the previous, this lecture aims to apply the theories to contemporary discussions. From a CRAWS perspective, we need to understand the structures of migration policies/discourses as structures of power and racialization. We will focus especially on Sara Ahmed´s ideas on "white space" and relate this to issues of migration, multiculturalism and racism.

Literature

Ahmed, Sara, 2009, "Embodying diversity: problems and paradoxes for Black feminists", Race Ethnicity and Education, 12:1, 41-52

El Tayeb, Fatima (2008) ‘The Birth of a European Public: Migration, Postnationality and Race in the Uniting of Europe’, American Quarterly, 60(3) (September): pp. 649–670.

Gary Young, “What black America means to Europe”, The Guardian, 11 juni 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/11/what-black-america-means-to-europe-protests-racism-george-floyd?fbclid=IwAR07SIrWnWFIsjYuw09p34Utnz-ECUoZwlT63nDjy3IDNUZ_xlL44Vk-D7w

Gurminder Bhambra, “Learning about our past and how it affects the present”, University World News, 13 juni 2020

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200612140126657