Wednesday, 18 January, 10.15-12.00

This lecture introduces the anthropology of migration and discusses anthropological perspectives on human mobility. It traces the historical development of migration studies in anthropology, and it presents contemporary debates and queries. It also introduces the monograph The land of open graves by Jason De León

Literature

Cabot, Heath. (2019). ”The business of anthropology and the European refugee regime". American
Ethnologist https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/amet.12791.

Gardner, K. (2013) The anthropology of migration. In Carrier, J. & D. Gewertz (eds.) The Handbook of Sociocultural anthropology. London: Bloomsbury (available on Canvas).

Extra reading

Castles, Stephan. 2010. Understanding global migration: A social transformation perspective. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(10): 1565-1586.