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121-026 The Mobile World: Geographies of Migration and Tourism | |
Note | Formerly available as 121-277/377. Students who have completed 121-277/377 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Available in odd-numbered years, alternating with 121-016 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | To be advised |
Prerequisites | 25 points of first year Geography or Sociology or Politics; or by arrangement with the subject coordinator. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures per week, and ten 1-hour tutorials |
Subject Description | Human mobility is an increasingly common feature of modernity It is also an intrinsically spatial phenomenon of abiding interest to geographers. This subject examines a number of examples of human mobility in the contemporary world, including: refugee movements, temporary worker migration, permanent resettlement, diasporic and 'nomadic' communities, and tourism. The course also introduces students to a number of theoretical issues relevant to contemporary thinking about mobility in the modern world, including: globalisation and the nation-state, the social construction of difference, mobility and a sense of place, migration and citizenship, geographies of exclusion and the comodification of difference. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 2500 words and a 1.5-hour examination. |
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