ROMA IRSO 310S Subject: International Relations, Sociology Credits: 3 Semester/Term: ☐ Spring ☐ Fall ☒ Summer

Instructor (s): Dr. Stefania Gialdroni & Dr. Angela Condello – in collaboration with ABUONDIRITTO NGO (President: Prof. Luigi Manconi, also President of the Human Rights Committee of the Italian Senate). Course Title: Navigating the Dangerous Seas of Universal Human Rights: the Mediterranean migration emergency Course Code: ROMA IRSO 310S Subject: International Relations, Sociology Credits: 3 Semester/Term: ☐ Spring ☐ Fall ☒ Summer

Course The aim of the course is to give a complete overview of migration in Italy by Description: means of a trans-disciplinary and experiential approach.

During the first two weeks of the course (Rome), the students will be provided with a historical-philosophical introduction to the phenomenon and to the legal framework; in this phase, the students will also have the opportunity to have a direct experience of the conditions of migrants and asylum seekers in Italy - for example, by visiting the Afghan Refugees Camp and other communities of migrants living in Rome as well as by interacting with the NGOs involved in the integration of migrants.

During the third week, in the area of Siracusa (Sicily), where thousands of migrants arrive almost every day, the students will actively participate in the increasingly important “Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera – International Film Festival of Frontier” in Marzamemi (SR) - and will also meet the people engaged in facing the migration emergency everyday (institutional and non-institutional organizations as well as local people). The goal of this section is to make the students aware of the entire gammut of physical and emotional conditions of migrants by “sensing” their lives through the depiction on film.

Because of its geographical position in the very center of the Mediterranean Sea, everyday Italy faces the dramatic boat landing of people escaping from war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. Despite the high number of fatal accidents and bodies lost at sea, the number of boat landings constantly increases, determining a human rights emergency that the international community, and in particular the European Union, can no longer ignore. Course Required Text Requirements: READINGS (a reader will be provided) - É. Balibar, 2010, At the Borders of Citizenship, in “European Journal of

Social Theory”, 13.3, pp. 315-322 - R. Bellamy, 2008, Citizenship: A very short Introduction. ISBN: 01-9157-768-5, Cost: To Be Determined - N. Luhmann, 1982, Territorial Borders as System Boundaries, in Strassoldo, R., Delli Zotti, G. eds., Cooperation and Conflict in Border Areas, Milano, Roma-Bari, pp. 235-244. - G. Parati, 2005, Migration Italy: The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Country. ISBN: 08-0203-924-3, Cost: To Be Determined - F. Pastore, 2004, A Community out of Balance: Nationality Law and Migration Politics in the History of Post-Unification Italy, in “Journal of Modern Italian Studies”, 9.1, pp. 27-48 - E. Rigo, 2011, Citizens Despite Borders: Challenges to the Territorial Order of Europe, in Squire V., ed., The Contested Politics of Mobility. Borderzones and Irregularity, London, pp. 199-215. ISBN: 04-1553- 836-X, Cost: To Be Determined - C. Schmitt, 1997 (1954), Land and Sea, Washington, extracts - M. Taussig, 2000, The beach (a fantasy) (Sea, ocean, literature), CRIT INQ, 26.2, pp. 249-277

Assignments

Course Requirements Percentages

1. Final Exam; presentation of the field 50 % journal 2. Field journal 30 % 3. Participation 20 % Total 100%

1. Test and papers: • A field journal where the impressions and comments of the student on the course are written down. The field journal can be enriched by drawings, pictures, videos and audio files. • The final exam consists of a presentation of the field journal. It will take place in Marzamemi on July 24th.

2. Fieldwork: • The third week of the course will be devoted to a experience of the emergency of boat landing in Sicily in cooperation with the ABUONDIRITTO NGO and the International Organizations participating in the landing processes (e.g UNHCR and IOM, working on the “Praesidium Project”).

• The students will also be guests of the “Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera –International Film Festival of Frontier” in Marzamemi (SR): http://www.cinefrontiera.it/

3. Speakers • Mariaelena Arguello (migration law expert) • Prof. Enrica Rigo (Director of the Legal Clinic for Immigration Law at Roma Tre University). • Valentina Brinis (ABUONDIRITTO NGO and Human Rights Committee of the Italian Senate).

4. Films: • The students will be guests of the “Festival Internazionale del cinema di frontiera – International Film Festival of Frontier”, during the third week of the Summer Course, in Marzamemi (close to Siracusa). The students will also watch the docufilm “Terra di transito”, directed by Paolo Martino (Italy, 2014), lately presented at the international Bif&st in Bari (Italy) in the framework of a public event co-organized by ABUONDIRITTO NGO.

Learning On completion of the course, students should be able to: Outcomes and/or Expected Student Learning Outcome Competencies: 1. Critically analyze the fundamental data of the phenomenon of migration in Italy from a legal-historical and philosophical perspective (territory, citizenship, etc); 2. Discuss the information about the legal framework (Italian and EU immigration law) and the sociological and economic aspects of contemporary migration; 3. Understand reality through fiction (cinema) in order to explore the human experience behind the data; 4. Show knowledge of the conditions of migrants at their arrival in Sicily, on the basis of the experience achieved in collaboration with associations and institutions “in loco”; 5. Show knowledge of the condition of migrants in Italy (e.g. in the CARA—Centers for Refugees and Asylum Seekers) and be able to discuss with appropriately sensitive and informed lexicon * The students who provide audio files or videos for the field journal will have the opportunity to participate in the making of a short documentary on the experience of the program (in collaboration with ABUONDIRITTO NGO).

Course Outline: The course will take place in Rome (week 1 and 2) and in the area of Siracusa (week 3).

Dates: Arrival in Rome: Thursday, July 2nd 2015 End of the Program (Marzamemi – Sicily): Friday, July 24th 2015

Outline of the program: First two weeks (July 2nd - 19th): Rome 19th morning (Sunday): transfer to Siracusa Third week: Siracusa and Siracusa area (Noto, Marzamemi)

Transportation: Rome-Castelnuovo di Porto (July 17th) Rome-Catania: Plane (July 19th) Catania-Siracusa: public transport (July 19th) Siracusa-Noto: private bus (July 21st) Noto-Marzamemi: private bus (July 22nd) Marzamemi-Portopalo: private bus (July 23rd) End of the Program: Marzamemi (July 24th) Marzamemi-Catania: private bus on demand (July 25th)

Private Bus: 6 days

Session Topic 1st Week A. Introduction to the course and to philosophical issues (Rome): on citizenship, territory, sovereignty, population and MON-FRI human rights.

B. Morning: Lecture (guest speaker Valentina Brinis) on migration in Italy today. Evening: Movie: “Terra di Transito”, docufilm dir. by Paolo Martino (Italy, 2014). Introduction by the director and by the leading actor.

C. Morning: Comments on the movie + and focus on human dignity and migration. Evening: visit to the Afghan Refugees Camp (Ostiense) with ABUONDIRITTO NGO + MEDU (Medici per i Diritti Umani).

D. Lecture (Prof. Enrica Rigo): the experience of the law

clinic on migration law at the Roma Tre University.

E. Sum up of the philosophical session: philosophy of migration and the conflicts around human rights in Italy.

Free week-end 2ND WEEK A. When Italians were migrants (1861-1960) + Italy as a (ROME): MON- land of hope (1961-2015). FRI (departure to Siracusa on B. Visit to the MEI (Museo Nazionale Emigrazione Sunday) Italiana): http://www.museonazionaleemigrazione.it/.

C. The development of migration laws in Italy (1861- 2015)

D. Maria Elena Arguello – expert on legislation on migrants and editor of the website “Stranieri in Italia” (host).

E. Visit to the CARA (Centro Accoglienza Rifugiati e Richiedenti Asilo) in Castelnuovo di Porto (Rome).

Free Saturday

F. Sunday: transfer to Sicily 3RD WEEK A. Siracusa: the birth of democracy and individual rights. (SIRACUSA- MARZAMEMI): B. Baroque cities, the historical role of the Church in the MON-SAT protection of fundamental rights.

C. Workshop or public debate on human rights in cinema in collaboration with “Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera –International Film Festival of Frontier” (Marzamemi).

D. Portopalo: meeting with associations that take care of migrants during landings (“Praesiudium Project) and visit to places where relevant events occurred (e.g. Portopalo’s “Boats Cemetary”).

E. Marzamemi: Final Exam

Other Policies: Expectations Professional behavior is expected of all students. This includes preparation for classes, on-time attendance at classes, attendance at all group sessions and appropriate participation in the form of attentiveness and contributions to the course. Respect for the academic process is the major guiding principle for professional behavior and extends to all communications, including e-mail.

Attendance/Participation Prompt attendance, full preparation, and active participation in class discussions are expected from every student in every class session.

Course Policies For e-mail communications, students must use their Arcadia University e-mail account. Students are responsible for any information provided by e-mail or through Intranet postings.

Plagiarism Representation of another’s work or ideas as one’s own in academic submissions is plagiarism, and is cause for disciplinary action. Cheating is actual or attempted use of resources not authorized by the instructor(s) for academic submissions. Students caught cheating in this course will receive a failing grade. Fabrication is the falsification or creation of data, research or resources to support academic submissions, and cause for disciplinary action.

Late or Missed Assignments Will not be accepted for grading.

Students with Disabilities Persons with documented disabilities requiring accommodations to meet the expectations of this course should disclose this information while enrolling into the program, and before leaving the United States so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Special Conditions Comfortable shoes, water, respect of different cultures, languages and traditions (e.g. appropriate dress code when meeting with the refugees communities: long trousers or long skirts, covered shoulders). Prerequisites: None. Country and Migration from the poorest and unsafe countries of the world is not only a Program humanitarian emergency, but it is also one of the characterizing features of Connection: our contemporary world. More than that, different kinds of migrations shaped, during the course of centuries and millennia, the world as we now

know it. To understand the reasons and the conditions of migration today or, in other words, to see the human beings behind the statistics, it is necessary to understand our present and shape our future in the respect of human rights. Immigration is nowadays a global issue involving many different levels of policies, administration, and governance.

Students will have a direct experience of the phenomenon of migration in Italy by means of the connection with several NGOs active in the protection of migrants’ fundamental rights (e.g. Abuondiritto Onlus). Students will pass part of the time in Rome and part in Sicily, the southernmost part of Italy, once famous only for the beautiful beaches and since the early 2000s also because it is Italy’s primary entry point for migrants from N. and Sub- Shararian Africa.