Lecture/Seminar

This week on ‘Contemporary Debates on Mobility’ will include combined lectures/seminars. Read the assigned literature before the Lectures/Seminars. During the Lecture part of the next two Lectures/Seminars, I will contextualize the course literature and draw out important themes from the texts. During the seminar part, you will actively work with the literature and the questions prepared for the seminar. Remember to read all the assigned texts before the seminar!

Migration questions

Describe and explain what an adventurer is according to Bredeloup’s text.
Why does Bredeloup consider the migration adventure as a moral experience?
What are the possible outcomes of the migration adventure according to Bredeloup’s text?
What are the advantages of studying aspiration to migrate according to Carling and what are the challenges with the same approach?
Hallberg Adu defines mobility as something that is very important in our time, why is that? How does it relate to being an adventurer?
What were some of the common reservations Ghanaian students had against migrating?
What are the stereotypes of African migrants and why are they problematic?
What can we learn from analyzing migration aspirations in Africa which challenge Western notions of migration? Develop your argument with examples from the texts.
Do women embark on migration adventures in the same ways as men according to this week’s texts? Explain why migration is embedded in some ideals of masculinity and gender relations, drawing on different texts.