Decolonizing Refugee Data from Rome to Vietnam

(Same as Digital Humanities M155.) Investigation of the politics of forced displacement in ancient and modern contexts through lens of critical refugee studies and with aid from digital archaeology tools. Focus on Greco-Roman antiquity and contemporary Vietnamese history. Study moves beyond understanding refugee experiences through sensationalized visualizations, dehumanizing statistics, and state-centered policies. Instead, students gain understanding through refugee narratives and materiality. Examination of how refugees have been discussed, portrayed, and treated. Exploration of refugeehood through the perspectives and experiences of refugees themselves. Students gain hands-on experience working with digitized artifacts from the Vietnamese Heritage Museum. Students create digital exhibits that feature museum artifacts alongside those from the ancient Greco-Roman world to aid in better understanding refugeehood across space and time.

P/NP or letter grading.