Visual Anthropology and Documentary Filmmaking - Documenting Migrations in Europe and Poland

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Course ID:	02.06-S2-EN-CC2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Visual Anthropology and Documentary Filmmaking - Documenting Migrations in Europe and Poland
Name in Polish:	Complimentary course II (elective)
Organizational unit:	Institute of Pedagogical Sciences
Course groups:	Courses for short-term studies
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	(in Polish) uzupełniające
Supplementary literature:	Projecting Migration: Transcultural Documentary Practice, Alan Grossman and Aine O'Brien (eds.) (2007)
Short description:	The course will be an in-depth engagement with the lived experience of migration, as narrated by migrants themselves. In filmic texts of different lengths and styles, we will encounter a broad array of experiences. With factors such as motives, time, place and age of migrants varying, migration is a diverse experience and migrants a diverse group. The films also differ in their focus: from the conditions in the home country which create the need to migrate, to the experience of a journey often fraught with danger and the legal and economic situation upon arrival. Nevertheless there are some characteristics of being a migrant that appear in all these accounts. The course will also offer an opportunity to reflect on issues of representation of disadvantaged in both mainstream media and cinema.
Full description:	Course content: - Economic and political circumstances that motivate migration– Home in a Foreign Land, For Sama - The perilous journey – interactive documentaries and the possibility of immersion - Bridging the gap between worlds – Fuocoammare, Midnight Traveller - Disconnection and longing for the home country – In Touch and Anatomy of a Departure - Building a new life
Bibliography:	Basic: Köhn, S. (2016) Mediating Mobility: Visual Anthropology in the Age of Migration London: Wallflower Press
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge and skills in sociological and visual analysis, interpretation and evaluation of phenomena and processes emerging within migration.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Essay describing personal opinion and reflections on one film chosen from the course content, including the use of course readings. Evaluation of the in class activity and homework

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