Walls in Western World

Timetable

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Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology

Address: Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7, 61-614 Poznań, Collegium Historicum

Module aim (aims)

• Providing students with the knowledge of development of border regimes in western world.
• Providing students with the knowledge practice of bordering and borders transformation.
• Providing students with skills of in-depth and critical analysing the borders from an anthropological perspective.
• Providing students with the knowledge on the human cost of bordering.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

• Good command of the English language (spoken and written).
• A graduate degree.

Syllabus

 

• WEEK 1: Introduction to the Course

 

• WEEK 2: The Rise of Nationalism and Borders

 

• WEEK 3-4: Theorizing Borders 

 

• WEEK 5: Emergence of the Border Regime in Europe and North America

 

• WEEK 6: From Labor Migrants to Asylum Seekers 

 

• WEEK 7: The Pacific Solution

 

• WEEK 8: The Mexico–U.S. Border

 

• WEEK 9: Externalization of Border Control

 

• WEEK 10: The Southeast EU External Border(s)

 

• WEEK 11: The Southwest EU External Border(s)

 

• WEEK 12: The Eastern EU External Border(s)

 

• WEEK 13: The Israeli-Palestinian Border

 

• WEEK 14: Beyond Borders

 

• WEEK 15: Conclusions

 

Reading list

WEEK 1: Introduction to the Course

WEEK 2: The Rise of Nationalism and Borders

WEEK 3-4: Theorizing Borders I

• Feldman, G. (2011). The Migration Apparatus: Security, Labor, and Policymaking in the European Union. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

WEEK 5: Emergence of the Border Regime in Europe and North America

• Andreas, P., & Snyder, T. (2000). The Wall Around the West: State Borders and Immigration Controls in North America and Europe. Rowman & Littlefield.

WEEK 6: From Labour Migrants to Asylum Seekers (Use "Labor" if following American English)

• Manocchi, M. (2014). "Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Labelling Processes and Practices of Resistance." Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 55(2), 385–410.

WEEK 7: The Pacific Solution

• Boochani, B. (2019). No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison. Anansi International.

WEEK 8: The Mexico–U.S. Border

• De León, J. (2015). The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. University of California Press.

WEEK 9: Externalization of Border Control

• Stock, I., Üstübici, A., & Schultz, S.U. (2019). "Externalization at Work: Responses to Migration Policies from the Global South." Comparative Migration Studies, 7(48).

WEEK 10: Eastern EU External Border(s)

• Follis, K. S. (2012). Building Fortress Europe: The Polish-Ukrainian Frontier. University of Pennsylvania Press.

WEEK 11: Southwest EU External Border(s)

• Hannoum, P. A. (2025). Living Tangier: Migration, Race, and Illegality in a Moroccan City.

WEEK 12: Southeast EU External Border(s)

• Rydzewski, R. (2024). The Balkan Route: Hope, Migration, and Europeanisation in Liminal Spaces. Routledge.

WEEK 13: The Israeli-Palestinian Border

• Braverman, I. (2009). "Uprooting Identities: The Regulation of Olive Trees in the Occupied West Bank." Political and Legal Anthropology Review, 32(2), 237-264.

WEEK 14: Beyond Border

WEEK 15: Conclusions