dr Karol Wilczyński (Jagiellonian Center for Migration Studies).
mail: karolmikolaj.wilczynski@uj.edu.pl
This interdisciplinary course equips students with a comprehensive framework to analyze citizenship, mobility, and multiculturalism in contemporary Europe by combining social psychology, border studies, demography, and media literacy. Through critical evaluation of statistics, media representation, and political discourse, learners develop the tools to identify bias, counter hate speech, and assess social cohesion dynamics. Ultimately, the curriculum prepares students to engage ethically in public debates and formulate evidence-based solutions to integration and demographic challenges.
Thursdays, 18:30 PM - 20:00 PM, Reymonta Street 4, room 111
The breakdown of assessment for the class is divided into 3 sections:
1. Continuous assessment and activity during the class (33,3% of final grade)
2. Outcome of project work (peer interviews of family/national migration histories) – 33,3% of final grade
3. Continuous preparation for the class by sending outlines of readings – 33,3% of final grade
The deadline for submitting the outline (a short summary, max. 1000 characters with spaces, containing a description of the main points presented by the author) is Tuesday evening before the class.
The outline should be submitted by email to karolmikolaj.wilczynski@uj.edu.pl
Course schedule:
Week 1–2: Evolutionary and Social Psychological Foundations of Belonging and Intergroup Relations
Theoretical frameworks on in-group/out-group dynamics, cognitive bias, evolutionary mechanisms of identity formation, and social identity theory in the context of alterity, xenophobia, and social cohesion.
Week 3: Critical Border Studies: Territoriality, Sovereignty, and Spatiality
Conceptualizations of borders, borderlands, and rebordering processes in contemporary Europe; analysis of physical and symbolic bordering mechanisms as socio-political and legal constructs.
Week 4: Migration Media Literacy: Critical Cartography and Source Evaluation
Methodologies for identifying and verifying empirical sources in migration studies; critical analysis of spatial representation, cartographic bias, and how map design constructs geopolitical realities.
Week 5: Methodological Literacy: Decoding News Framing and Statistical Rhetoric
Critical evaluation of quantitative datasets and empirical reporting on migration; identifying narrative framing, statistical manipulation, and misrepresentation in public and journalistic accounts.
Week 6–7: Islam in Contemporary Europe: Governance, Secularism, and Social Dynamics
Socio-legal, historical, and political dimensions of Muslim communities in the European Union; examining state-religion relations, secularism, institutional policies, and contemporary integration debates.
Week 8: Media Representations of Minorities: Framing, Visibility, and Symbolic Exclusion
Analysis of how racial, ethnic, and religious minorities are depicted in legacy and digital media; mechanisms of stereotyping, discursive marginalization, and agenda-setting.
Week 9: Extremism and Exclusion: Hate Speech, Discrimination, and Intergroup Violence
Legal and sociological frameworks for understanding hate speech, hate crimes, and institutional discrimination; drivers of intergroup conflict, xenophobia, and human rights frameworks.
Week 10: The Second Generation: Political Agency, Identity Negotiation, and Electoral Impact
Sociological investigation into descendants of migrants; examining political mobilization, identity formation, socio-economic trajectories, and influence on mainstream political discourses.
Week 11: Demographic Decline and Regional Shrinkage: Local Case Study (Radomsko)
Analysis of demographic shifts, aging populations, and depopulation across European municipalities; micro-level evaluation of socioeconomic impacts and policy responses using Radomsko as an empirical case study.
Week 12: Public Opinion and Discourse Architecture: Persuasion, Counter-Narratives, and Social Change
Mechanisms of public opinion formation; theory and application of strategic communication, counter-narrative formulation, and evidence-based interventions aimed at shifting public discourse on mobility and integration.
READINGS
Preliminary readings
Agamben, G. (2006), “We, refugees”.
1&2) Evolutionary & Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
Tajfel, H., & Turner, J. C. (1979). "An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict." In W. G. Austin & S. Worchel (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations.
Kurzban, R., Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (2001). "Can race be erased? Coalitional computation and social categorization." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98(26), 15387–15392.
Bhambra G K (2017) 'The current crisis of Europe: Refugees, colonialism, and the limits of cosmopolitanism', w: European Law Journal 23(5): 395– 405.
3) Critical Border Studies: Territoriality, Sovereignty, and Spatiality
Giglioli I. (2019) On not being European enough. Migration, crisis and precarious livelihoods on the periphery of Europe., w: "Social & Cultural Geography".
Brunet-Jailly, E. (2012), 'Securing Borders in Europe and North America', w: Companion to Border Studies.
4–5 & 8) Media Literacy, Visual Framing, and Statistics
Chouliaraki, L., & Stolic, T. (2017). "Rethinking media responsibility in the refugee 'crisis': A visual rhetoric of European news." Media, Culture & Society, 39(8), 1162–1177.
van Dijk, T. A. (2000). "New(s) Racism: A Discourse Analytical Approach." In S. Cottle (Ed.), Ethnic Minorities and the Media (pp. 33–49). Open University Press.
Bleiker, R., Campbell, D., Hutchison, E., & Nicholson, X. (2013). "The visual dehumanisation of refugees." Australian Journal of Political Science, 48(4), 398–416.
Khosravi, S. (2019), What do we see if we look at the border from the other side?, w: Social Anthropology, 27: 409-424.
6–7) Islam in Europe, Governance, and Secularism
Said, E. W. (1997). Covering Islam: How the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world. Vintage Books. (fragments).
Amir-Moazami, S. (2022). Interrogating Muslims: The Liberal-Secular Matrix of Integration. (fregments)
Najib, K. (2023). Spatialized Islamophobia. London: Routledge. (fragments)
9) Hate Speech, Discrimination, and Radicalization
Wodak, R. (2021). The Politics of Fear: The Shameless Normalization of Far-Right Discourse (2nd ed.). London: SAGE Publications (fragments)
10) Second-Generation Migrants & Politics
Ager, A & Strang. A, (2008), ‘Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework’ Journal of Refugee Studies, 21, (2): 166-191.
Alba, R., & Foner, N. (2015). Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe. Princeton University Press. (Chapter 6: "Participating Politically").
11) Demographic Shifts & Regional Decline
Fauser, M. (2019) The Emergence of Urban Border Spaces in Europe, w: Journal of Borderlands Studies, 34:4, 605-622.
case study on Radomsko (TBA)
12) Public Opinion & Strategic Communication
Dennison, J. (2021). "How to Change Public Attitudes Towards Immigration: A Framework for Policy-Makers." Parliamentary Affairs, 74(3), 711–738.
Hochschild, A.R. (2016), "The Deep Story." Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, The New Press,, pp. 135–51.
E. Tendayi Achiume (2017), 'Reimagining International Law for Global Migration: Migration as Decolonization' , 111 AJIL unbound : 142-146.
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