Abstract
This week, we have a guest speaker on to give an introduction to migration studies. This topic has a lot to do with current events such as DACA, The Wall, and various other immigration policies. Tune in to learn more about how Sociology approaches these issues, and how we are all living in an imagined community – a concept put forth by Benedict Anderson to highlight the ideological project of ‘culture.’
Transcript
You can find the transcript for this episode here. Big mahalo to Dr. Michaela Benson for transcribing this episode!
Sources
- Basic facts about migration to the United States by the Pew Research Center from a report published in August 2018 by Lopez et al. titled, “Key findings about U.S. immigrants”:
- “DACAmented”
- On DACA
- Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
- Kamau Bell’s TV show on CNN, “United Shades of America”
- National Geographic show “Border Wars”
- Deported by Tanya Golash-Boza
- Impossible Subjects by Mae M. Ngai
- Operation Gatekeeper by Joseph Nevins
- An insane story outlining the lengths at which the government is trying to nab illegal immigrants: “Farmington Hills fake university set up to nab immigrant students” by Niraj Warikoo
- Netflix’s documentary on Fyre Festival
- Vice episode on American Korean adoptee deported back to South Korea due to citizenship/paperwork problems