Global Migration Labour Issues
Course Description:
This course focuses on how global migration is affecting Japan and other societies. Specifically, this course will help you critically understand important developments and issues in global migration, cross different societies, within different states, and four different ethnic minority groups. The course also looks at global migration issues in relation to security and climate change.
Course Narrative:
This class was a great introduction for me of how globally there are migration issues and how it has affected certain countries. This was again a course taught in English in Chuo but aimed for Japanese who stood up to the challenge of taking a subject course taught in English. In this class, we looked at theories of migration and typical changes in society that migration brings. One way this was done was looking back at our own family’s migration history. (Migration Paper) This built contrasts with the Japanese as many generations had a similar story of being from Japan and staying in Japan. The only different for some if their family moved region at some point. I was able to share my experience of my family’s migration history from moving from Mexico to the United States.
We also did course readings every week and discussions with classmates, equally in Japanese or English, to talk about news of migration issues or other topics. This helped us to think about our final project of what we would like to present on. I found that after researching Japan’s history, their migration issue is that it is not allowed, but maybe should be to allow workers to join the declining labor force for Japan. (Final PowerPoint) I found that comparing different society’s and cultures from around the world posed their own migration issues. I was able to write these issues and more in a big reflection we kept updated throughout the semester into one big paper. (Final Overview Paper)
This course focuses on how global migration is affecting Japan and other societies. Specifically, this course will help you critically understand important developments and issues in global migration, cross different societies, within different states, and four different ethnic minority groups. The course also looks at global migration issues in relation to security and climate change.
Course Narrative:
This class was a great introduction for me of how globally there are migration issues and how it has affected certain countries. This was again a course taught in English in Chuo but aimed for Japanese who stood up to the challenge of taking a subject course taught in English. In this class, we looked at theories of migration and typical changes in society that migration brings. One way this was done was looking back at our own family’s migration history. (Migration Paper) This built contrasts with the Japanese as many generations had a similar story of being from Japan and staying in Japan. The only different for some if their family moved region at some point. I was able to share my experience of my family’s migration history from moving from Mexico to the United States.
We also did course readings every week and discussions with classmates, equally in Japanese or English, to talk about news of migration issues or other topics. This helped us to think about our final project of what we would like to present on. I found that after researching Japan’s history, their migration issue is that it is not allowed, but maybe should be to allow workers to join the declining labor force for Japan. (Final PowerPoint) I found that comparing different society’s and cultures from around the world posed their own migration issues. I was able to write these issues and more in a big reflection we kept updated throughout the semester into one big paper. (Final Overview Paper)
my_family_history_global_migration_issue.pdf | |
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global_migration_everything_together_final.pdf | |
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labor_force_issues_in_japan.pdf | |
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