The New Immigration in the Mediterranean



The course aims to be acquainted with the phenomenon of immigration in Italy in all its complexity. It will start with an introduction on the international and European contexts and the historical evolution and regulation of the phenomenon in Italy, after this, the following issues will be explored: the glossary of immigration; data and statistics from the beginning of immigration to this days; their employment and economic role; social inclusion and education; cultural integration, the second generation and identity processes; the problems of coexistence, racism and the various forms of discrimination; immigrants in the Italian press; good practices. At the end of the course students should ponder and reflect critically on the matter and elaborate of proposals to face the immigration issue in different contexts (political, social, educational, cultural, business, leisure) and at all levels (Italian, European and international).



Required Texts:

-Bruno Ciancio, Sviluppare la competenza interculturale. Il valore delle diversità nell’Italia multietnica. Un modello operativo, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2014, pp. 176. Codice ISBN: 9788856840032.

-IDOS (a cura di), Dossier Statistico Immigrazione 2015, Roma. Codice ISBN: 9788864800349 .

-Roberta Ricucci, Cittadini senza cittadinanza. Immigrati, seconde e altre generazioni: pratiche quotidiane tra inclusione ed estraneità/. Edizioni SEB27, Torino, 2015, pp. 176. ISBN: 978-88-98670-05-5.



Materiale in pdf e siti specializzati nell’immigrazione in Italia saranno indicati durante il corso.



*Films:*

-Daniele Gaglianone, /La mia classe
, Italia, 2014, durata: 92 minuti.

-Stefano Mencherini, Schiavi, Italia, 2013, durata: 90 minuti.

-Haider Rashid, Sta per piovere, Italia-Iraq, 2013, durata: 91 minuti.

-Claudio Giovannesi, Alì ha gli occhi azzurri, Italia, 2012, durata: 94 minuti.

-Francesco Patierno, Cose dell’altro mondo, Italia, 2011, durata: 90 minuti.

-Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer, Come un uomo sulla terra, Italia, 2008, durata: 60 mn.

Schedule
10:00am-10:50am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Jun 27, 2016 to Aug 5, 2016)
Location
Mills College (LS)
Instructors