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Children, Migration, and Transnational Childhoods, 7.5 credits
Barn, migration och transnationella barndomar, 7.5 hp
736A34
Main field of study
Child StudiesCourse level
Second cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Yelyzaveta HrechaniukCourse coordinator
Yelyzaveta HrechaniukDirector of studies or equivalent
Judith LindECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Weeks | Language | Campus | ECV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F7MCH | Child Studies, Master´s Programme | 3 (Autumn 2024) | 202444-202448 | English | Linköping, Valla | C |
Main field of study
Child StudiesCourse level
Second cycleAdvancement level
A1FCourse offered for
- Master´s Programme in Child Studies
Entry requirements
- Bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen within the humanities, social sciences or the behavioral sciences with a major relevant to the programme.
Examples of fields:
- anthropology
- education
- history
- communication studies
- media studies
- language studies
- psychology
- social work
- sociology
- political science
or equivalent - English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6)
Exemption from Swedish - 45 ECTS credits passed from the first year of the programme
Intended learning outcomes
After completion of the course, the student should on an advanced level be able to:
- describe the migration processes and transnational childhoods in a globalized world
- identify and critically discuss different theoretical perspectives concerning international migration and global movement
- account for and critically review current research on children’s experiences of migration and being a refugee
- problematize childhood and migration in relation to political processes.
Course content
The course deals with children, childhood and migration processes in a globalized world. Theoretical perspectives on both forced and voluntary migration are studied with focus on families’ and children’s strategies. The course highlights children’s situations and actual experiences during the migration process, with particular focus on family life and kinship relations. Further, the course covers refugee children and citizenship seen in relation to borders, migration policy and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Teaching and working methods
The teaching in this course is carried out online and consists of lectures, seminars, workshops and group work. In addition, the student will engage in independent studies.
Language of instruction and examination: English.
Examination
Examinations in the course consist of:
• individual written assignment, grading scale: UG
• individual written assignment, grading scale: EC
A passing grade (E) in the course requires grade E in the individual written assignment as well as a passing grade in all other examinations in the course. Higher grades are based on the individual written assignment.
More detailed information is available in the study guide.
If special circumstances prevail, and if it is possible with consideration of the nature of the compulsory component, the examiner may decide to replace the compulsory component with another equivalent component.
If the LiU coordinator for students with disabilities has granted a student the right to an adapted examination for a written examination in an examination hall, the student has the right to it.
If the coordinator has recommended for the student an adapted examination or alternative form of examination, the examiner may grant this if the examiner assesses that it is possible, based on consideration of the course objectives.
An examiner may also decide that an adapted examination or alternative form of examination if the examiner assessed that special circumstances prevail, and the examiner assesses that it is possible while maintaining the objectives of the course.
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
Grades
ECTS, ECOther information
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.
The course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.
If special circumstances prevail, the vice-chancellor may in a special decision specify the preconditions for temporary deviations from this course syllabus, and delegate the right to take such decisions.
Department
Institutionen för Tema| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXA2 | Examination | 5 credits | EC |
| EXA1 | Examination | 2.5 credits | EC |
Regulary literature
Books
Abbasi, K and Monsutti, A, (2023) To everyone, homeland is Kashmir’: Cultural conceptions of migration, adulthood and future among young Afghans in Europe. In: E. Chase, N. Sigona, D. Chatty, eds. Becoming adults on the move: Migration journeys, encounters and life transitions. Springer, pp. 23-43.
Available as an e-book via the LiU library.
Akesson, Bree , (2014) Arrested in Place: Palestinian children and families at the border. In Spyrou, Spyros & Christou, Miranda (Eds.) Children and borders. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 4. Pp. 81-98.
E-book.
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Cienfuegos-Illanes, J. and Brandhorst, R. , (2023) Introduction. Transnational families: Entangled and emerging challenges on the global scale. In: J. Cienfuegos, R. Brandhorst and D. Fahy Bryceson (eds.), Handbook of transnational families around the world. Springer, pp. 3-25
Available as an e-book via LiU library
Fog Olwig, Karen , (2014) Migration and Care: Intimately related aspects of Caribbean family and kinship. In Baldassar, Loretta & Merla, Laura (Eds.): Transnational families, migration and the circulation of care: understanding mobility and absence in family life. London: Routledge. Chapter 6. Pp. 133-148.
E-book.
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Heissler, Karin , (2010) Migrating with honor: sites of agency and power in child labor migration in Bangladesh. In Ensor, Marisa O. & Goździak, Elżbieta M. (Eds.) Children and migration: at the crossroads of resiliency and vulnerability. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 10. Pp. 209-229
E-book.
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Josefsson, J. , (2023) Theorizing child migration: Experiences, governance, normativity. In: S. Balagopalan, J. Wall and K. Wells eds, The Bloomsbury handbook of theories in childhood studies. Bloomsbury, pp. 334-348
Available as an e-book via the LiU library.
Josefsson, J., Sandin, B., Hanson, K. and Balagopalan, S., (2023) Representing children. In: B. Sandin, J. Josefsson, K. Hanson and S. Balagopalan eds., The politics of children’s rights and representation. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-29.
In open access as an e-book.
Josefsson, Jonathan , (2017) ‘We beg you, let them stay!’: Right claims of asylum-seeking children as a socio-political practice. Childhood 24(3): 316-332.
Khosravi, Shahram , (2010) The ‘Illegal’ traveler: an auto-ethnography of borders Palgrave Macmillan. Pp 1-8, 69-85
available as an e-book via the LiU library
Loomba, Ania , (2005) Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge. Chapter 2. Pp. 112-180.
E-book.
https://www-dawsonera-com.e.bibl.liu.se/readonline/9780203087596/startPage/14
Lutz, Helma & Palenga-Möllenbeck, Ewa , (2012) Care Workers, Care Drain, and Care Chains: Reflections on Care, Migration, and Citizenship Social Politics 19(1): 15-37.
Martins, Catarina , (2011) The dangers of the single story: Child-soldiers in literary fiction and film. Childhood 18(4):434-446.
Spyrou, S., (2020) Children and borders – Cyprus. In: D. T. Cook ed. The SAGE encyclopedia of child and childhood studies. Sage
Available as an e-book via the LiU library.
Uriarte Bálsamo, P, (2021) Back and forth: An analysis of the processes of transnationalization of women’s work and the internationalization of early childhood policies in Uruguay. In: A. Vergara del Solar, V. Llobert and M. L. Nascimento eds. South American childhoods: Neoliberalisation and children’s rights since the 1990s. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, pp. 251-273.
Available as an e-book via the LiU library.
Watters, Charles , (2008) Refugee Children: towards the next horizon. London: Routledge. Chapter 1 and 2. Pp. 1-27.
E-book.
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Articles
Barglowski, Karolina, Transnational parenting in settled families: Social class, migration experiences and child rearing among Polish migrants in Germany. Journal of Family Studies 29 (2) 893-910
Lee, Se Hwa, 'I am still close to my child': middle-class Korean wild geese fathers' responsible and intimate fatherhood in a transnational context. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies May2021, Vol. 47 Issue 9, p2161-2178. 18p.
Oliveira, Gabrielle, 'Here and There': Children and Youth's Perspectives of Borders in Mexico–United States Migration. Children & Society Nov2019, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p540-555. 16p.
Tymczuk, Alexander, The morality of transnationalism: children of Ukrainian labor migrants write about migration, homeland and abroad. Children's Geographies Nov2013, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p490-503. 14p.
Other
Complete literature list is available in the course room on Lisam
Complete literature list is available in the course room on Lisam
Additional literature
Books
Faulkner, N, (2020) Colonialism and childhood. In: D. T. Cook ed. The SAGE encyclopedia of child and childhood studies. Sage.
Available as an e-book via the LiU library.
Nair, P, (2013) Postcolonial theories of migration. In: I. Ness, ed. The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 1-7.
Uploaded in the Lisam course room.
Articles
Josefsson, J., ‘We beg you, let them stay!’: Right claims of asylum-seeking children as a socio-political practice Childhood (Childhood, 1 August 2017, 24(3):316-332)
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