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140410 VO+UE VM3 / VM4 - Knowledge production in social sciences perspectives on, from and in the Global South (2016W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
MOB
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Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 10.10. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Montag 31.10. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Montag 07.11. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Montag 21.11. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Montag 05.12. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Montag 16.01. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Montag 30.01. 16:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course questions critically the prominent ethnocentric position of US American and Western European outlooks in the discourse of social sciences & humanities, discusses the academic dependency (Alatas) of Southern regions (Latin America, Asia, and Africa) and its overcoming.
The aim of the course is to expand the intellectual horizon of the students beyond the classical social science thought (‘the canon’) and introduces to selected approaches of ‘Southern epistemologies’ advanced by authors based in the Southern and Northern academia.
We look at the geopolitical context of alternatives and new paths of knowledge construction like for example the notion of ‘buen vivir’, islamization of knowledge and ‘asabyia’ (Ibn Khaldun) as well as gender and development issues from Southern perspectives.
Learning Outcomes
• Identification of the major contributions of Southern authors to the social science discourse
• Evaluation of the validity of the criticisms regarding eurocentrism in social science theories
• Ability to discuss the pros and cons of Southern approaches and of the indigenization of knowledge

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Attendance, assignments of small written exercises & participation 60%
Final essay (5-6 Pages) 40%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Working knowledge of English.

Prüfungsstoff

Content of the lectures of the class

Literatur

Some texts from the reading list:
Alatas, Syed Farid (2003). Academic dependency and the global division of labour in the social sciences Current Sociology 51.6: 599-61
Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. (2000) The centre-periphery in knowledge production in the twenty-first century. Compare 30.3 (2000): 283-291
Maerk, Johannes (2012).The politics of knowledge production in higher education Megatrend Review 9.4.
Comaroff, Jean & Comaroff, John L. (2012) Theory from the south: Or, how Euro-America is evolving toward Africa, Anthropological Forum, 22:2: 113-131

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

VM3, VM4

Letzte Änderung: Mi 21.04.2021 13:31