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Refugee, Migration, Diaspora

Prof. Sarbani Banerjee · IIT Roorkee

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Lectures

week-01

  1. Lecture 01 : Introduction to Migration Studies Video
  2. Lecture 02: Theories Related with Migration Studies Video
  3. Lecture 03: Politics of Space in Migration Video
  4. Lecture 04: Understanding of Refugee Agency and Identities Video
  5. Lecture 05: Alienation and Affect in context of Migration Video

week-02

  1. Lecture 06: Immigration and Integration Video
  2. Lecture 07: Understanding the Borderland Discourse Video
  3. Lecture 08: Home and Uncanny- I Video
  4. Lecture 09: Home and Uncanny-II Video
  5. Lecture 10: Contextualizing Partition and Saadat Hasan Mantos Toba Tek Singh Video

week-03

  1. Lecture 11: Understanding Migration through Khushwant Singhs Train to Pakistan Video
  2. Lecture 12: Understanding South Asian Migration Taslima Nasrins Lajja Narayan Wagles Palpassa Cafe Video
  3. Lecture 13: South Asian Migration and Sunil Gangulys East and West-I Video
  4. Lecture 14: Decoding Sunil Gangulys East and West- II Video
  5. Lecture 15: Border Dynamics and South Asian Migration Video

week-04

  1. Lecture 16: Crossing Borders (India-Sri Lanka)- I Video
  2. Lecture 17: Crossing Borders (India- Sri Lanka & India- Myanmar)-II Video
  3. Lecture 18 : Crossing Borders (India-Myanmar)-III Video
  4. Lecture 19: Crossing Borders (India-Tibet)-IV Video
  5. Lecture 20: Understanding Gendered Borderlands and Amar Mitra's Wild Goose Country Video

week-05

  1. Lecture 21: Identity Politics in South Asia and Ismat Chughtai's "Roots"- I Video
  2. Lecture 22: Understanding Ismat Chughtai's "Roots" Video
  3. Lecture 23: Understanding Bapsi Sidhwa's Cracking India Video
  4. Lecture 24: Understanding Amrita Pritam's Pinjar Video
  5. Lecture 25 : Diaspora: An Introduction Video

week-06

  1. Lecture 26: The South Asian Diaspora Video
  2. Lecture 27 : Transnational Lives and Identities Video
  3. Lecture 28: Understanding Diaspora and its Various Dimensions Video
  4. Lecture 29: Historicizing and Defining Global Diaspora Video
  5. Lecture 30: Theorizing Diaspora: Home and Identity Video

week-07

  1. Lecture 31: Salman Rushdie's "Imaginary Homelands" Video
  2. Lecture 32: Historicizing Bangladeshi Diaspora: Reading Monica Ali's Brick Lane Video
  3. Lecture 33: Case Study: Reading Pakistani Diaspora and Partition in Kamila Shamsie's Kartography Video
  4. Lecture 34: Case Study Sri Lankan Diaspora: Reading Romesh Gunesekera's Reef Video
  5. Lecture 35: Nepal Diaspora: Reading Manjushree Thapa's Seasons of Flight Video

week-08

  1. South Asian Diaspora Post 9/11: Reading Marina Budhos’ Ask Me No Questions Video
  2. Diasporic Consciousness in Mistry's A Fine Balance Video
  3. Diasporic Identity and Tahmima Anam’s ‘Golden Age' Video
  4. Elements of Double Diaspora in Mistry's Tales from Firozsha Baag Video
  5. Introducing Multiculturalism Video

week-09

  1. Lecture 41: Hybrid Identity in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Mrs Sen" and Shani Mootoo's Out in the Main Street Video
  2. Lecture 42: Introducing Digital Diaspora Video
  3. Lecture 43: Culture Shock in Gauri Shinde's English Vinglish Video
  4. Lecture 44: Diaspora and Cinema: The Mistress of Spices Video
  5. Lecture 45: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Bride and Prejudice Video

week-10

  1. Lecture 46: Culture Conflict and Culture Clash in Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway and Christmas As Usual Video
  2. Lecture 47: Multiculturalism and Biculturalism in Never Have I Ever Video
  3. Lecture 48: Transculturality and Culture Navigators in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham - I Video
  4. Lecture 49: Transculturality and Culture Navigators in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham - II Video
  5. Lecture 50: Diaspora and Cinema: Mira Nair's The Namesake Video

week-11

  1. Lecture 51: Coolie Migration Video
  2. Lecture 52: The Swinging Bridge Video
  3. Lecture 53: Third Space and Hybridity in M. G. Vassanji's No New Land Video
  4. Lecture 54: Displacement and Alienation in V. S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas Video
  5. Lecture 55: Internal Migration in South Asia: Santal Tribe in "November is the Month of Migration" Video

week-12

  1. Lecture 56: Internal Migration and Tribal Conflict in South Asia in Regina Marandi's Becoming Me Video
  2. Lecture 57: South Asian Women and Multicultural Society - I Video
  3. Lecture 58: South Asian Women and Multicultural Society - II Video
  4. Lecture 59: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Digital Diaspora Video
  5. Lecture 60: Refugee Agencies and Humanitarian Aid Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Sarbani Banerjee
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
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