SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO MIGRANTE

Gennaro AVALLONE SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO MIGRANTE

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DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
EQF7
SOCIOLOGY AND POLICY-MAKING FROM A TERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
2021/2022

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
THE TEACHING WILL FOCUS, ON THE ONE HAND, ON PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO ANALYSE THE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIO-SPATIAL AND EPISTEMIC FRONTIERS ALONG MODERNITY, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, ON UNDERSTANDING AND OBSERVING SPECIFIC CASES OF MIGRANT LABOR, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND SERVICE SECTOR IN URBAN AREAS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE COURSE WILL BE BASED ON THE TRANSFORMATION THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE HUMAN SPACE MOBILITY AND THE LABOUR IN THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL PERIOD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE WAY IN WHICH MOBILITY AND LABOUR ARE STRUCTURED BY THE INTERTWINING OF RACIAL, GENDER AND CLASS RELATIONS.
KNOWLEDGE WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO THE NATIONAL SCALE BUT WILL BE DEFINED WITH REFERENCE TO THE GLOBAL SCALE, CONSIDERING THE MANNER IN WHICH MIGRATORY AND ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS UNFOLD IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALIST SOCIETY. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES, THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS IN THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES WILL BE PROMISED, WITH PROPOSALS FOR EXERCISE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TO BE DEVELOPED DURING THE COURSE.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE WILL ALLOW TO STUDENTS TO:

- PROMOTING THE ABILITY TO PROCESS AND APPLY ANALYSIS ABOUT MIGRATIONS AND MIGRANT LABOUR, WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO INSTITUTIONAL TASKS;
- TO STUDY THE TRANSFORMATION WHICH HAVE CHARACTERIZED MIGRANT LABOUR IN THE POST-FORDIST PERIOD, HIGHLIGHTING IF, HOW AND AT WHICH MAGNITUDE SUCH LABOUR IS NOT SPECIFICALLY TYPICAL OF MIGRANT POPULATION BUT IT CONCERNS INCREASING AREAS OF MANPOWER.
- TO QUESTION THE CONSOLIDATED VISIONS ON THE PROCESSES OF HUMAN MOBILITY;
- TO USE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSISTENT WITH THE CRITICAL STUDY OF HUMAN MOBILITY AND LABOR MARKET, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE ETHNOGRAPHIC METHOD PLUS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL DATABASES.
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
THE COURSE IS FOCUSED ON THE STUDY OF THE LINK BETWEEN THE NUMBER BETWEEN HUMAN SPACE MOBILITY AND LABOUR IN MODERNITY AND CAPITALIST CONTEMPORARITY. THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN THREE PARTS.

THE FIRST PART IS CONCENTRATED ON THE RACIAL RELATIONS AND MIGRATION MOVEMENTS, OBSERVED BY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANNALISA FRISINA, THE BOOK ON ABDELMALEK SAYAD, AND SOME PRIMO LEVI AND ACHILLE MBEMBE ANALYSIS (16 HOURS OF LESSON).

THE SECOND PART WILL BE FOCUSED ON DEEPENING SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF CARE LABOUR AND FARM WORK, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE BOOKS "SFRUTTAMENTO E RESISTENZE" AND "GENERE E CAPITALE" (14 HOURS)

THE THIRD PARTY WILL STUDY THE MIGRATORY POLICIES IN ITALY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION BOTH IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE WITH REFERENCE TO THE MOST RECENT CHANGES AND TO THE NEXT FUTURE PERSPECTIVES (10 HOURS).

ALL PARTS WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH BOTH ARTICLES AND STATISTICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA FOCUSED ON THE OBSERVED PHENOMENA.
Teaching Methods
FRONT-LESSONS WITH THE HELP OF SLIDES AND VIDEO;

CASE STUDIES;

SOME SEMINARS TO DEEPEN SOME TOPICS;

PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS DURING THE LESSONS, ALSO WRITING INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP PAPERS.
Verification of learning
THE TEST WILL BE ARTICULATED IN TWO PARTS:

- A WRITTEN TEST, THAT WILL CONSIST OF AN INDIVIDUAL EXAMINATION PAPER AGREED WITH TEACHER (VIA EMAIL AND SEND VIA EMAIL WITHIN THREE DAYS BEFORE THE ORAL EXAM DATE) ON SINGLE TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE COURSE. IN THIS PART WILL BE TESTED:
- THE ABILITY TO BUILD AN ARGUMENT IN THE FORM OF AN ESSAY;
- THE ABILITY TO USE DATA AND ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY.

- AN ORAL TEST, THAT WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL EXAM THAT PROVIDES FOR THE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF THE WRITTEN PAPER AND AT LEAST TWO QUESTIONS WHOSE TOPICS ARE CHOSEN FROM THOSE LISTED IN THE PROGRAM AND ARE INTENDED TO FILL ANY GAPS MANIFESTED IN THE WRITTEN TEST. THIS PART WILL BE TESTED:
- KNOWLEDGE LEARNED IN THE COURSE;
- THE ABILITY TO LINK DIFFERENT ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES


THE TWO TESTS HAVE THE SAME IRELEVANCE FOR THE FINAL EVALUATION.
Texts
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TWO BOOKS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING ONES:

* GENNARO AVALLONE, SFRUTTAMENTO E RESISTENZE. MIGRAZIONI E AGRICOLTURA IN EUROPA, ITALIA, PIANA DEL SELE, VERONA OMBRE CORTE, 2017

* SILVIA FEDERICI, GENERE E CAPITALE. PER UNA LETTURA FEMMINISTA DI MARX, DERIVE APPRODI, ROMA, 2020

* GENNARO AVALLONE, LIBERARE LE MIGRAZIONI, LO SGUARDO ERETICO DI ABDELMALEK SAYAD, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA, 2018

* ANNALISA FRISINA, RAZZISMI CONTEMPORANEI. LE PROSPETTIVE DELLA SOCIOLOGIA, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2020

* PRIMO LEVI, I SOMMERSI E I SALVATI, EINAUDI, TORINO, 2015

* ACHILLE MBEMBE, CRITICA DELLA RAGIONE NEGRA, IBIS, COMO-PAVIA, 2019
More Information
AT OR BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, THE FOLLOWING TEXT MAY BE USEFUL:

A. CORRADO, C. CASTRO AND D. PEROTTA EDS ( 2016) MIGRATION AND AGRICULTURE: MOBILITY AND CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA, ROUTLEDGE, LONDON AND NEW YORK.
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