IT4025 Contemporary Cultures of Migration

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Permission of the Honours Advisor

Module coordinator

Prof D E Duncan

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Prof Derek Duncan

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

The recent influx of migrants to Italy from all over the world has raised questions about the place of Italy in the global economy, and about what it means to be Italian in a culturally diverse environment. These questions reflect the cosmopolitan or diasporic nature of contemporary culture and simultaneously act as reminders of largely forgotten aspects of Italy’s past: its own history as a colonial power, and as a nation of emigrants. This module looks at the development of an Italian transnational or postcolonial culture through the close study of a range of cultural forms such as cinema, photography, comics, and digital media produced in the last 30 years. As well as engaging with work produced in Italy itself, the module also looks at similar forms cultural production across the Italian diaspora in languages other than Italian.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 or 2 one hourly seminars per week as per schedule

Scheduled learning hours

15

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

135

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.