POLS 3160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Intersectionality
26 Oct 2016
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Pols*3160: guest lecture (cowper-smith) about her case work on burma. (cid:883)96(cid:884): a coup d"etat establishes burma"s military junta. Since 2001 burma has been transferring from military gov to a democracy: lot of internal conflict in ethnic groups by state suppression. Human rights violence against muslim minority (not recognized as ethnic group) In 2006: can became first contry to relocate refugees to resettle in. Kitchener-waterloo (after moving to can they became permanent residents) 2010: military rule replaces by new military-backed civilian gov. 800,000-1,000,000 rohingya mostly concentrated in state of rahkine. Literature on migration and civic and political engagement. Connections between diversity, migrants and civic and pol engagement need to go beyond ethnicity as the only facet of diversity in migrant groups. Made the individuals in burma more confident; people from can came to see one of their plays and it really boosted their self confidence. Only looking at ethnicity loses out on many diversities; gender, employment, edu, sexuality, etc.
