Racial Capitalism and Migration

Cod y Modiwl
IPM3120
Teitl y Modiwl
Racial Capitalism and Migration
Blwyddyn Academaidd
2026/2027
Semester
Semester 2
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl
Dr Catrin Wyn Edwards
Rhestr Ddarllen
Gweld ar Aspire
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu
Dr Christopher Phillips

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad

Manylion Asesiad

Cyfran
Asesiad Semester Critical engagement of an academic article: 10 Minutes 30%
Asesiad Semester Blog post: 1000 Words 20%
Asesiad Semester Case study report: 2500 Words 50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll Case study report: 2500 Words 50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll Critical engagement of an academic article: 10 Minutes 30%
Asesiad Ailsefyll Blog post: 1000 Words 20%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

  1. Foster critical thinking on migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.
  2. Critically analyse the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts.
  3. Develop an in-depth understanding of the key debates and theories on race and racism in transnational carceral practices, coloniality, racial capitalism, abolitionism, migration, and Black and indigenous criminality and be able to apply to historical and contemporary case studies.
  4. Explain migration, (im)mobility and the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in a style and format suitable to a non-academic audience.
  5. Understand the importance of and be able to apply an interdisciplinary approach to migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.

Disgrifiad cryno

This module will provide students with an introduction to critical approaches to race, carcerality, policing, bordering, and migration. It will also explore the role of the state in creating and maintaining racial capitalism along with carceral spaces and carcerality beyond the state to explore alternatives sites of incarceration in everyday life. It will introduce students to key debates and theories on the role of race and racism in transnational carceral practices, weaponization of racial capitalism, abolitionist movement, and productions of Black and indigenous criminality. Drawing upon debates in IR, sociology, human geography, criminology, and law, the module will encourage students to develop critical thinking on migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity. It seeks to highlight the racialized production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts and will cover case studies in North America, Australasia, and Europe.

Nod

1. Foster critical thinking on migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.
2. Critically analyse the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts.
3. Develop an in-depth understanding of the key debates and theories on race and racism in transnational carceral practices, coloniality, racial capitalism, abolitionism, migration, and Black and indigenous criminality and be able to apply to historical and contemporary case studies.
4. Explain migration, (im)mobility and the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in a style and format suitable to a non-academic audience.
5. Understand the importance of and be able to apply an interdisciplinary approach to migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.

Cynnwys

This module will provide students with an introduction to critical approaches to race, carcerality, policing, bordering, and migration. It will also explore the role of the state in creating and maintaining racial capitalism along with carceral spaces and carcerality beyond the state to explore alternatives sites of incarceration in everyday life. It will introduce students to key debates and theories on the role of race and racism in transnational carceral practices, weaponization of racial capitalism, abolitionist movement, and productions of Black and indigenous criminality. Drawing upon debates in IR, sociology, human geography, criminology, and law, the module will encourage students to develop critical thinking on migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity. It seeks to highlight the racialized production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts and will cover case studies in North America, Australasia, and Europe.

The module will be delivered through a series of seminar discussions. The seminars will address key questions including: what role does the state play in creating and maintaining racial capitalism? What are the various carceral spaces and carcerality beyond the state? What are the alternatives sites of incarceration in everyday life? How does race and coloniality help us understand the production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts?

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau

Manylion Sgiliau
Addasrwydd a gwydnwch Students will improve their adaptability and resilience skills through independent work. The submission of written work will reflect the independent research skills of the student. The need to locate appropriate research resources and write up the results will also facilitate research skills. Research preparation for an oral presentation will also enable the student to develop independent project skills.
Cydlynu ag erail Students will undertake team exercises in the seminars, and will be encouraged to collaborate when engaged on similar case studies.
Cyfathrebu proffesiynol Students taking the module will develop key employability skills, such as speaking to small groups, listening, thinking and responding to the statements of others, as well as expressing themselves clearly in writing, including writing for non-specialist audiences.
Datrys Problemau Creadigol Independent project work and problem solving will be one of the central goals of the module; the submission of a case study will require that the student develops independent research skills as well as problem solving skills. The need to research and prepare a critical analysis of an article and a blog post will also enable the student to develop independent project skills.
Gallu digidol Students will be expected to submit their work in word-processed format. Also, students will be encouraged to search for sources of information on the web, as well as seeking sources through electronic information sources. One form of assessment will test students' abilities to adapt their academic writing style to a primarily digital audience.
Meddwl beirniadol a dadansoddol Students will be expected to conduct close and critical readings of the sources assigned for the seminars. In seminar discussions they will challenge the positions taken by the authors of those sources and by fellow students, as well as articulate and defend their own positions on relevant issues. The written assignments will enable students to develop and demonstrate these skills at length.
Myfyrdod The module aims to promote self-management but within a context of assistance from both the module convenor and the fellow students alike. Students will be expected to improve their own learning and performance by undertaking their own research and to exercise their own initiative, including searching for sources, compiling reading lists, and deciding (under guidance) the direction of their case study report.
Sgiliau Pwnc-benodol Students have the opportunity to develop, practice and test a wide range of subject specific skills that help them to understand, conceptualise and evaluate examples and ideas on the module, such as: Collect and understand a wide range of data relating to the module; Evaluate competing perspectives; Demonstrate subject specific research techniques; Apply a range of methodologies to complex historical and contemporary challenges.
Synnwyr byd go iawn Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the key debates and theories on race and racism in transnational carceral practices, coloniality, racial capitalism, abolitionism, migration, and Black and indigenous criminality and be able to apply to historical and contemporary case studies.

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