module specification

This module explains the ways in which race and ethnicity have become a method for labelling humanity worldwide. This module will enable you to explore the intersections of race, ethnicity, and politics in the global context and will enable you to understand how anti-racist theories and ideologies dismantle both racial categories and discriminatory social norms against people globally. We will do so by exploring the current struggles against the reminds of imperialism and colonialism, as well as other forms of racial domination, human control and content in contemporary Europe, the US and the Global South, e.g. India and Latin America.

This module aligns with London Met’s mission in advocating for human rights and tackling inequalities impacting racialised groups in society. This module will encourage to go beyond the Eurocentric ideas that have dominated sociological thinking and to apply more-diverse and -inclusive theoretical frameworks to the interconnectedness among issues of race and ethnicity, gender and/or class discrimination, drawing on the principles of social justice, human rights and empowerment in contemporary world.

Aims. This module will provide key skills and knowledge that will enable you to:

• Critically analyse the foundations of racial and ethnic discrimination
• Address the meanings ascribed to race and ethnicity in the political approach to for example the human rights of irregular migrants and/or ethnic minorities (e.g. indigenous people) in the European context
• Consider racial and ethnic politics and tensions, representational and identity politics, and electoral outcomes in the Americas • Familiarise yourself with colonial legacies and independence, migration and humanitarianism in Africa• Know about citizenship and multiculturalism, the impact of mass tourism, international business, and intersections of race and gender discrimination and violence in Southeast Asia

Available for Study Abroad? YES

This module will first introduce you to key contemporary and historical examples related to the politics of race and racialised politics impacting the social construction of people on their basis of their race and ethnic background. Drawing on the notions of integration and multiculturalism, among others, you will then look to racial and ethnic discrimination on political and security shaping and political social order. Drawing on an intersectional perspective, you will finally be introduced to the political representation racialised individuals and their representation in popular culture and social and news media. You finally be introduced to hostile environment against migrant communities in several locations in Europe, the US and the global south, e.g. Latin America and India.

Throughout the module, you will be encouraged to adopt a more diverse, intersectional, and inclusive approach to the theme beyond the traditional Eurocentric ideas.

Learning and teaching will develop in weekly three-hour face-to-face sessions, comprised of a weekly lecture followed by exercises and reflexive discussion in seminars. Seminars will be informed by reading and seminar questions for discussion in small groups and with the whole class. Learning will be supported by Weblearn site with all teaching materials – reading, video materials, recorded lectures and assessment details. Students will use a variety of teaching materials, including a wide range of relevant research, including reports, newspaper articles, video materials and links to relevant web sites.

This module will encourage students to reflect on the content addressed in class in a reflective way, seeking to make linkages and deepen their understanding. Reflective activities will be encouraged through class-based activities, including debate and discussion on the themes explained. Lecture notes and seminar exercises will be uploaded prior the session and will be used as the initial basis for addressing a theme. Yet, students must go beyond these prior each session to make the most of it. Moreover, students will be advised to engage fully with feedback opportunities on both assessments which will help them reflect and develop their learning.

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to understand and do after completing the process of learning:

• LO1: Be able to analyse contemporary and historical examples of how racial and ethnic policies play in shaping the so-called social order in specific global settings.
• LO2: Understand a range of contemporary and historical issues where racism or ethnicity play a key role in shaping the so-call national security, welfare system and political social order
• LO3: Identify the impact of hostile environment against migrants and racialised groups through several mechanisms, such as political discourses, elections and law making in several global settings
• LO4: Understand the relationship between race as it is presented and experienced in and shaped by political and popular culture, and social and news media in several global contexts

There are two pieces of coursework for this module.

1. Assessment One (20%) – write a 800-words report plan, mapping anti-racist policies and practices operating globally. This is a brief schedule of the final report that you will need to submit at the end of the module. The specific theme for mapping can be chosen either from the topic list uploaded in Weblearn or can be the student’s own choice in agreement with the module leader. The plan will need to be uploaded via Turnitin.
2. Assessment Two (80%) – write a 2,500 report which requires students to critically consider the issue racial and ethnic discrimination in one of the regions explained in class. You can choose your topic of analysis from a list of topics uploaded in Weblearn.

The assessment criteria for the essays will be discussed in detail in class. Tutor will expect the student to present an approach for understanding theories, concepts, and debates and apply these concepts to specific case studies; convey arguments cogently, using their own thoughts, analysis and wording; support all claims and assertions with evidence, drawing from readings and case studies examined in the module; engage in use of appropriate academic sources and reference as assigned; and write with due regard to syntax, grammar, and expected academic standards.

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