Required prerequisite knowledge

Higher Education Entrance Qualification and in addition 60 ECT in social science, humanities, journalism, social studies or teacher education.

Recommended prerequisite knowledge

60 ECT in intercultural studies or similar is recommended. Good knowledge of English language is recommended.

Relevance within study programme

Optional course in the Intercultural Competance bachelor program.

Introduction

The course provides an understanding of intercultural theory and practice in the area of cultural diversity and conviviality concerning migration and social and cultural difference in contemporary societies. The course draws upon resources from multiple disciplines such as cultural studies, social anthropology, geography and sociology to build a critical account of the efforts at living together within contexts of diversity and hierarchical difference. Ethnographic research focusing on everyday intercultural encounters will be explored in detail.

Learning outcomes descriptors

On completion of the course, the candidate should have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge 

The student:  

• has knowledge of the field of cultural diversity and conviviality concerning migration and social and cultural difference in contemporary societies 
• has knowledge on the theoretical concepts and research regarding diversity, conviviality, cosmopolitanism, nationalism and difference drawing on multiple disciplines 
• has knowledge on the development of the empirical research field and the various discourses in the field  
• has knowledge and understanding of contemporary efforts to live together peacefully across difference, within structures of hierarchy and inequality and their associations with other dimensions of power and conflict. 

Skills 

The student: 

• can find, assess, and refer to information and academic literature, and present this to shed light on issues related to political and cultural challenges in different cultural contexts. 
• can identify and discuss the central themes in the field of cultural diversity and convivality 
• has ability to think critically and express ideas in written and verbal forms; to be clear about the political and ethical problems associated with living together in contemporary societies marked by diversity and to be empowered to act in pursuit of equality and inclusion in a variety of institutional contexts 

General competence 

The student: 

• can utilize a range of critical and theoretical tools as well as having a deep understanding of the complexity of everyday intercultural encounters. 
• masters analytical skills and reflexivity regarding the possibilities and pitfalls related to living together in difference in contemporary societies. 

Content

This BA-course affords opportunities to analyse how people live together in diversity and will equip the student with a range of critical and theoretical tools as well as a deep understanding of the complexity of everyday intercultural encounters. The student will be encouraged and enabled to analyse contemporary efforts to live together peacefully across difference, within structures of hierarchy and inequality and their associations with other dimensions of power and conflict. 

The curriculum emphasises the need for students to encounter a constellation of key concepts and to become familiar with theoretical concepts and debates that are foundational in the academic analysis of diversity, conviviality, cosmopolitanism, nationalism and difference. This evolving body of research will be brought into contact with a range of examples drawn from different locations and institutional settings.

The aim is to foster the ability to think critically and express ideas in written and verbal forms; to be clear about the political and ethical problems associated with living together in contemporary societies marked by diversity and to be empowered to act in pursuit of equality and inclusion in a variety of institutional contexts. 

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and seminars includinggroupdiscussions,exercises and student presentation. All teaching and group sessions will be held in English.

Scope

Approx. 300 hours

Coursework requirements

The following compulsory work-requirements must be approved for students to take the exam: 

80% obligatory attendance in classes

• Two group presentations  
• Feed-back twice on other groups’ presentations 
• Deliver three academic logs (1000 - 2000 pages each log)

Grading, coursework requirements

Approved/not approved 

Final assessment

Home-exam (7 days and 3000 words +/- 10%) 

Grading, examination

The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail. 

Permitted aids under examination

All.

Assessment language

English

Course evaluation

A course evaluation will be carried out in line with NLA’s quality system.

Available as Single Course

Yes.

Reading list and academic resources

Article

Ethnicity and the multicultural city: Living with diversity
Amin, Ash, London, Pion, 959-980, Environment and planning. A, 6, 34, 2002-06-01, 959-980,
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Book Chapter

Creolisation as a Recipe for Conviviality
Creolisation as a Recipe for Conviviality, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing AG, 2019, isbn:3030289788,
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Article

Complexity in social and cultural integration: Some analytical dimensions
Hylland Eriksen, Thomas, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis Group, 1055-1069, Ethnic and racial studies, 6, 30, 2007-11, 1055-1069,
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Article

The edges of the nation: a research agenda for uncovering the taken‐for‐granted foundations of everyday nationhood
Fox, Jon E., Oxford, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 26-47, Nations and nationalism, 1, 23, 2017-01, 26-47,
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Book Chapter

Conviviality Vis-à-Vis Cosmopolitanism and Creolisation: Probing the Concepts
Hemer, Oscar ; Povrzanović Frykman, Maja ; Ristilammi, Per-Markku, Conviviality Vis-à-Vis Cosmopolitanism and Creolisation: Probing the Concepts, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing AG, 1-, 2019, 1isbn:3030289788,
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Book Chapter

Fantasy of Conviviality: Banalities of Multicultural Settings and What We Do (Not) Notice When We Look at Them
Hemer, Oscar ; Povrzanović Frykman, Maja ; Ristilammi, Per-Markku, Fantasy of Conviviality: Banalities of Multicultural Settings and What We Do (Not) Notice When We Look at Them, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing AG, 2019, isbn:3030289788,
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Article

Super-diversity and its implications
Vertovec, Steven, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis Group, 1024-1054, Ethnic and racial studies, 6, 30, 2007-11, 1024-1054,
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Article

Talking around super-diversity
Vertovec, Steven, London, Routledge, 125-139, Ethnic and racial studies, 1, 42, 2019-01-02, 125-139,
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Article

Rural multiculturalism? Migrants, antiracism, and convivial cultures in provincial Sweden
Krifors, Karin, London, Routledge, 72-92, Ethnic and racial studies, 16, 45, 2022-12-10, 72-92,
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Article

The conviviality of the overpoliced, detained and expelled: Refusing race and salvaging the human at the borders of Britain
Noronha, Luke de, London, England, SAGE Publications, 159-177, The Sociological review (Keele), 1, 70, 2022-01, 159-177,
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Article

Diversity Policies as Tools to Increase Participation and Encounters
Nyseth, Torill, Helsinki University Press, 430-443, Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 4, 11, 2021, 430-443,
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Article

Commonplace diversity and the 'ethos of mixing': perceptions of difference in a London neighbourhood
Wessendorf, Susanne, United Kingdom, Routledge, 407-422, Identities (Yverdon, Switzerland), 4, 20, 2013-08-11, 407-422,
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Article

‘Being open, but sometimes closed’. Conviviality in a super-diverse London neighbourhood
Wessendorf, Susanne, London, England, SAGE Publications, 392-405, European journal of cultural studies, 4, 17, 2014-08-01, 392-405,
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Book

After Empire: Multiculture or Postcolonial Melancholia
Gilroy, Paul, London, Routledge, 2004, isbn:0415343089,
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Article

Living With Difference – Interventions for Just Cities
Aure, Marit ; Førde, Anniken, Helsinki University Press, 376-382, Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 4, 11, 2021, 376-382,
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Article

Stitching People Together: The Art of Cross-Cultural Encounters in an Embroidery Workshop
Aure, Marit ; Al-Mahamid, Marsil Andjelov, Helsinki University Press, 400-415, Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 4, 11, 2021, 400-415,
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Book Chapter

Introduction: Convivial tools for research and practice
Mette Louise Berg ; Magdalena Nowicka, Introduction: Convivial tools for research and practice, UCL Press, 1-, 2019-07-02, 1isbn:1787354792,
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Article

What about the mainstream? Assimilation in super-diverse times
Alba, Richard ; Duyvendak, Jan Willem, London, Routledge, 105-124, Ethnic and racial studies, 1, 42, 2019-01-02, 105-124,
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Article

A Promise of Inclusion: On the Social Imaginary of Organised Encounters between Locals and Refugees
Bygnes, Susanne ; Strømsø, Mette, Routledge, 1-17, Journal of intercultural studies, ahead-of-print, ahead-of-print, 2022-02-23, 1-17,
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Article

Tracing Convivality: Identifying Questions, Tensions and Tools in the Study of Living with Difference
Samanani, Farhan, Abingdon, Routledge, 176-193, Journal of intercultural studies, 2, 43, 2022-03-04, 176-193,
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Article

Interrogating boundaries of the everyday nation through first impressions: experiences of young people in Norway
Erdal, Marta Bivand ; Strømsø, Mette, Abingdon, Routledge, 119-140, Social & cultural geography, 1, 22, 2021-01-02, 119-140,
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Article

Purging the nation: race, conviviality and embodied encounters in the lives of British Bangladeshi Muslim young women
Nayak, Anoop, London, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 289-302, Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965), 2, 42, 2017-06, 289-302,
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Book

Studying Diversity, Migration and Urban Multiculture: Convivial Tools for Research and Practice
Berg, Mette Louise ; Nowicka, Magdalena, Magdalena Nowicka ; Mette Louise Berg, London, UCL Press, 2019, isbn:1787354792,
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Article

Living with difference: reflections on geographies of encounter
Valentine, Gill, London, England, SAGE Publications, 323-337, Progress in human geography, 3, 32, 2008-06, 323-337,
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Article

Settling in a Super-Diverse Context: Recent Migrants' Experiences of Conviviality
Wessendorf, Susanne, United Kingdom, Routledge, 449-463, Journal of intercultural studies, 5, 37, 2016-09-02, 449-463,
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Article

An urban laboratory for the multicultural nation?
Wilson, Helen F., Matejskova, Tatiana ; Antonsich, Marco, London, England, SAGE Publications Ltd, 586-604, Ethnicities, 4, 15, 2015-08-01, 586-604,
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Article

Hope in a Land of Strangers
Wise, Amanda, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 37-45, Identities (Yverdon, Switzerland), 1, 20, 2013-02-01, 37-45,
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Article

Convivialities: An Orientation
Wise, Amanda ; Noble, Greg, United Kingdom, Routledge, 423-431, Journal of intercultural studies, 5, 37, 2016-09-02, 423-431,
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Article

Humour at work: conviviality through language play in Singapore's multicultural workplaces
Wise, Amanda ; Velayutham, Selvaraj, London, Routledge, 911-929, Ethnic and racial studies, 5, 43, 2020-04-08, 911-929,
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Book Chapter

Superdiversity and the Everyday
Wise, Amanda, Superdiversity and the Everyday, Oxford University Press, 417-434, 2023-02-08, 417-434, isbn:0197544932,
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Article

Dispensing emotions: Norwegian community nurses' handling of diversity in a changing organizational context
Debesay, Jonas ; Harsløf, Ivan ; Rechel, Bernd ; Vike, Halvard, Kidlington, Elsevier Ltd, 74-80, Social science & medicine (1982), 119, 2014-10-01, 74-80,
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Article

Being inclusive when talking about diversity
Silje Andresen, OsloMet — Oslo Metropolitan University, Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education, 3, 4, 2020-09-01,
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Article

"All I expect is that they accept that I am a Sami" an analysis of experiences of healthcare encounters and expectations for future care services among older South Sami in Norway
Ness, Tove Mentsen ; Munkejord, Mai Camilla, United States, Taylor & Francis, 2078472-2078472, International journal of circumpolar health, 1, 81, 2022-12, 2078472-2078472,
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Article

The rise and fall of multiculturalism? New debates on inclusion and accommodation in diverse societies
Kymlicka, Will, Paris, Wiley Subscription Services, Inc, 133-148, International social science journal, 227-228, 68, 2018-03, 133-148,
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Article

E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture
Putnam, Robert D., Oxford, UK, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 137-174, Scandinavian political studies, 2, 30, 2007-06, 137-174,
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Article

On half-blind men and elephants: Understanding greater ethnic diversity and responding to "good-enough" evidence
de Souza Briggs, Xavier, Abingdon, Taylor & Francis Group, 218-229, Housing policy debate, 1, 19, 2008-01-01, 218-229,
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Article

Belonging in the cosmopolitan imaginary. Authors' replies
CALHOUN, Craig ; BRUBAKER, Rogers, London, Sage, 531-568, Ethnicities, 4, 3, 2003, 531-568,
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Article

Neither Individualism nor ‘Groupism’: A Reply to Craig Calhoun
Brubaker, Rogers, SAGE Publications, 553-557, Ethnicities, 4, 3, 2003-12, 553-557,
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Article

Contesting religious boundaries at school: A case from Norway
Johannessen, Elise Margrethe Vike, London, England, SAGE Publications, 187-199, Critical research on religion, 2, 10, 2022-08, 187-199,
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Book Chapter

Strange Encounters
Ahmed, Sara, Sarah Ahmed, Strange Encounters, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis Group, 2000, 19-38, isbn:0415201845,
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