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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders 

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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders
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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

8,814

Mode of learning

Online

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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 5 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders
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  • When thinking of borders, images of division often come to mind. This introductory course will help you learn how borders can both divide and connect territories or people.
  • You'll encounter and discuss a range of different borders and employ theories to analyze and explain the functions and effects of different borders on space, and individuals who occupy them and cross them. You'll explore different circumstances of crossing borders focusing on motivations such as travel or immigration and understand the effects of the invisible borders we all cross everyday.

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Crossing Borders
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Borders

Welcome

National borders

Cultural borders

Borders as points of contact

Summary

Crossing borders

About Week 2

Voluntary border crossings: students, workers and tourists

Forced border crossing: refugees and asylum seekers

Crossing invisible borders

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