Transnational Care, Gender and Citizenship

Short description:

In many societies migration for care work is managed and regulated migration. Migration management, especially concerning migration from economically poor to economically rich countries, also operates in transnational chains. In the chains poor countries often provide the labour supply and migration regimes structure the flow of migrant care workers. Some migration is legal and some is illegal. The aim of this course is to explore and discuss the role of the state, citizenship and how migration regimes are related to gender, ethnicity, class and race. Migrants are governed through their relation to the nation state in the sender and receiving countries. How do migrations affect social institutions like the families and communities left behind? What are the policies - if any - pursued by different welfare regimes? What are the conditions of these care workers, their strategies and how do they cope with their care obligations? Here we will discuss the implications different theoretical perspectives have for the understanding of migration, citizenship and care.

Lecturers: Keynotes Lise Widding Isaksen, University of Bergen, Norway Helma Lutz, Goethe University, Frakfurt-am-Main, Germany Hanne Marlene Dahl, Roskilde University, Denmark Nicola Yeates, Open University, Milton Keynes, England Anna Gavanas, Stockholms University, Sweden Helle Stenum, DIIS, Copenhagen Denmark Prof. Emiko Ochiai, Kyoto University, Japan

Further information

The course format forsees the active involvement of participants through the formal debates as well as through the less formal discussions during the free time. Interested participants will have the possibility to present their own papers/PhD projects relevant to the topics before a competent panel of senior researchers and professionals.

The participation certificate is issued by the course directors and IUC Dubrovnik.Participants can receive up to 5 ECTS. Participants in the course receive 3 ECTS. They receive additionally 2 ECTS when their paper has been accepted.

Registration at:
http://www.iuc.hr/course-details.php?id=698