Borderland Studies 480-ERS-1BOS
The course “Sociology of Borderlands” introduces students to the social, cultural, and symbolic dimensions of borderland regions—understood as geographical, social, and cultural spaces. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with key literature on borderlands as spaces of dialogue, negotiation, hybridity, as well as conflict and identity tensions.
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Efekty kształcenia
Student:
- knows and understands the definitions of the most important sociological terms, can identify specific problems undertaken by sociology (KP6_WG1)
- is able to identify social problems of a selected community / social group and analyse, evaluate and propose solutions (KP6_UW8)
- is determined to improve his/her social skills (KP6_KO1)
Kryteria oceniania
Assessment criteria: attendance, active participation in course (and adequate preparation for classes), preparation of individual or group
presentation, final test
Literatura
Barth, F. (ed.) (1969). Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference. Boston
Brambilla, C. (2015). Exploring the critical potential of the borderscapes concept. Geopolitics, 20.1: 14-34
Donnan, H. & Wilson, T. M. (1999). Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State. Oxford
Kolossov, V., Scott, J. (2013). Selected conceptual issues in border studies. Belgeo. Revue belge de géographie, 1: 1-19.
Opioła, W. (2014). About the role of the state border in the theory of borderland. In: W. Chlebda (ed.), Open Europe: Cultural Dialogue Across Borders 2: 27-35.
Parker, N., Vaughan-Williams, N. (2009). Lines in the sand? Towards an agenda for critical border studies. Geopolitics, 14.3: 582-587.
Scott, J. W. (2016). Borders, border studies and EU enlargement. In: The Routledge Research Companion to Border Studies, Routledge: 145-164
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