Fall 2024
DTS1000HF - Comparative Research Methods in DTS
Thursdays, 3:00pm-5:00pm
K. MacDonald
This seminar will introduce students to a range of theories to do with diaspora and transnationalism from the humanities and the social sciences. Core questions will include the methodological differences between diaspora and its many synonyms, such as migrant communities, exile, refugee, etc. The different emphases and overlaps between Migration Studies, Urban Studies, and Diaspora and Transnational Studies will also be pursued.
Winter 2025
DTS2001HS - Grad Topics in DTS: (Post)Colonial Intimacies
Wednesdays, 4:00pm-6:00pm
A. Pesarini
This course aims to explore the (post)colonial discourse on race, gender and intimacy by using and expanding on the idea of the Archive. The course material will focus on a selected number of authors who have been pivotal in this field, and we’ll explore how their theorizations help us to engage with the Archive considered both as a metaphysical location of power and a reservoir of counter-stories. In the course students will be invited to read archival colonial sources “against the grain” while focusing on the gaps, the silences, and the unwritten. In this regard, oral histories and personal narratives will be a central component of the course as these will be used to unveil hidden dynamics of power embedded within ideas of knowledge rooted in colonial paradigms. Students will also conduct visits to Toronto archives and conduct decolonial reflexive walks.
If you are a graduate student outside the DTS program and would like to take one of these courses, please fill out the form below and send it to cdts@utoronto.ca.
