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SOC-4090: Immigrant Experiences in the Global City: From Displacement to Self-Reinvention

This course offers historical, methodological and theoretical tools appropriate to grasp the unprecedented cultural, economic, and political experiences of twenty-first century immigrants who end up in major cosmopolitan areas. We particularly focus on those settling in Los Angeles, an alluring newcomers’ magnet since the late 1700’s and today’s premier Western illustration of ‘the global city’. Characterized by accelerated urbanization, intense flows of information, technology, and world capital, as well as significant dependence on immigrant labor, the global city is a multilayered space where inequality and exclusion coexist with unique forms of urban participation and allegiance. How do immigrants cope with this extreme urban vortex? How do they navigate the global predicament? And ultimately, how do they negotiate their journeys from displacement to self-reinvention? In search for possible answers that may aptly grasp the nuances of social experience, the latest contributions of Sociology and Cultural Studies suggest the application of an ethnographic approach. It consists on learning to build up a mindful scholarly stance aware of the insider/outsider paradox, as well as to compile and analyze testimonial information in such ways that we can attempt to respectfully look at those experiences in their context, and in this case, do our best to remain inclusive of the immigrants? own perspectives.
Min. Credits: 4.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
Method(s): Classroom
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science


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