Decolonizing Refugee Data from Rome to Vietnam

DGT HUM M155 - Decolonizing Refugee Data from Rome to Vietnam

<p>(Same as Digital Humanities M155.) Lecture, three hours. Investigation of the politics of forced displacement in ancient and modern contexts through lens of critical refugee studies and with aid from digital archaeology tools. Focus on Greco-Roman antiquity and contemporary Vietnamese history. Study moves beyond understanding refugee experiences through sensationalized visualizations, dehumanizing statistics, and state-centered policies. Instead, students gain understanding through refugee narratives and materiality. Examination of how refugees have been discussed, portrayed, and treated. Exploration of refugeehood through the perspectives and experiences of refugees themselves. Students gain hands-on experience working with digitized artifacts from the Vietnamese Heritage Museum. Students create digital exhibits that feature museum artifacts alongside those from the ancient Greco-Roman world to aid in better understanding refugeehood across space and time. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Classics

College of Letters and Science

CLASSIC M155 - Decolonizing Refugee Data from Rome to Vietnam

Conduct detailed analysis of material culture and literary works from the ancient and modern world 

Engage in discussions of forced displacement in a reflective and comparative manner

Communicate complex ideas to broad audiences through a variety of media (written, oral and visual)

Critique the politics of displacement, especially in connection to race, ethnicity, colonialism, and imperialism

Articulate a more nuanced understanding of the different portrayal and treatment of forcibly displaced peoples in ancient and modern contexts

General Catalog

Decolonizing Refugee Data from Rome to Vietnam

CLASSIC M155

4 units