SWREN 416R - Transnational Social Work and Transmigration

In this course, you will explore the impact of transnationalism on social work theories and practices. You will examine how transnational institutions and structures shape lives in the current global context, focusing on the relationship between transnationalism and transmigration. Understanding that more people lead transnational lives, you will consider how social work can support this shift. You will examine social work theories and practices that bridge the global and local levels. You will consider current transnational activism through an examination of global inequality as rooted in colonialism and imperialism. You will also address the oversight in migration literature, which is often disconnected from Indigenous Peoples and their lands. You will fill this gap by exploring how social work can connect transmigration to Indigenous sovereignty and anticolonial projects.