Short Course 2020
Framings and Discourses on Mobility and Crisis: Blessing or Curse?
A Virtual Learning Experience – Migration Short Course 2020
Introduction
For the third consecutive year, CEPA plans to conduct the Short Course on Migration. Whilst the past two years the course was held over 4-5 days at the CEPA premises, this year CEPA plans to conduct the course online. It will give participants and resource persons the opportunity to join remotely, opening to a wider audience and newer resource people from across the globe. The decision to conduct the course online is due to the ongoing situation, which may pose restrictions for those travelling from overseas, but also may have limitations on how a public gathering can take place.
Every year CEPA has taken on board feedback from participants and enhanced and the curriculum and method of teaching. Whilst capturing the intricacies of migration, including how different types of migration is interconnected with conflict, natural disasters and (under)development, this year the course will also delve further into the concept of climate change and how it is affecting livelihoods and the decision to migrate. The course will also expand the aspects of labour migration and give it a more prominent place in the agenda.
This year prominence will be given to how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the migration regime, mobility, regulation, and the discourse. The course will explore internal and external mobility dynamics introduced and exacerbated by COVID-19 and bring examples from a range of national, regional and global experiences. Taking into consideration feedback from participants, this year the course will have dedicated days to focus on each key concept of migration. It will run over 4 weeks (See below for course structure). The course will adopt interesting learning methods to keep students engaged even in a virtual learning environment.