SSJ 30397 - People on the Move Research Studio

People on the move, including refugees, migrants, and undocumented movers, can be hard to incorporate in standard social science methodologies and difficult to include in participatory research. The first third of this full-semester participatory research studio familiarizes students with innovative techniques for producing knowledge of mobile people’s lives, livelihoods, and concerns in a collaborative way, and promotes understanding of local, state, and national policies for refugee support, integration, or management. During the middle of the semester, students will participate in an action research project with refugee participants, agency staff, and other researchers (project may change from year to year). Analysis of data, write-up, and community sharing take place in the final part of the semester. This year, we will be exploring Refugee Integration in Worcester-Best Practices with community partners and practitioners.

Formerly IDCE 30397. Students who have already passed IDCE 30397 cannot receive credit for SSJ 30397 and should not take this course.

 

Prerequisites: ID or SSJ research methods course - can be taken concurrently

Anticipated Terms Offered: annually