Learning outcomes

- know how to use the anthropological method of immersion

- be able to analyse the field diary with the theoretical knowledge gained from the course/readings

- be able to propose a relevant research question

Goals

Two objectives are pursued :

1. To experience the encounter with the other (asylum seeker/migrant / with disabilities) through the process of immersion in a reception area;

2. Decolonising / renew our vision of the other and of cultures / disabilities

Content

Natalie Rigaux teaches the Anthropology of Asylum Policies course, focusing on asylum seekers and migrants, to students with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Amélie Pierre teaches a course in the anthropology of communication and disability to students with a bachelor's degree in information and communication.

After a presentation of the issues surrounding asylum in Belgium / disability, two classes will be devoted to the immersion approach and its critique, two classes to the presentation of concepts proposing a decolonised/postcolonial vision of cultures/renewed vision of disability, two classes to the proposal of research questions concerning reception centres for migrants and asylum policies/care for people with disabilities and the anthropology of communication.

Assessment method

Based on extracts from the field diary, the course and readings of articles, a final paper will propose an analysis by the student of his/her self-positioning in the field, the conceptions of culture/disability that he/she observed there and a proposal for a relevant research question.

Language of instruction

Français