Cursus: Migration and the (Inter-)National Order of Things (Bergen Summer School)
Migration and the (Inter-)National Order of Things Law, State Practices and Resistance Course leaders: Maja Janmyr , Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Law, UiB, and Marry-Anne Karlsen , Senior Researcher, Uni Research Rokkan Centre This interdisciplinary course aims to deepen the understanding of the politics of protection and control of contemporary migration. It asks: How are migrants given different bureaucratic and legal identities (e.g. refugees, stateless persons, irregular migrants) and what are the consequences of such distinctions and labels? What protection does international law and humanitarian institutions offer to different categories of people? What are the spatial, temporal and gendered implications of the protection and control practices aimed at migrants? And, how are the legal and bureaucratic identities, and institutions of migration control, challenged by migrants themselves? This course introduces PhD candidates to key concepts, c...