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240200 SE Affective globalisation: On the politics and economies of emotions in the global era (P4) (2013W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Participation at first session is obligatory!
Moodle

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Details

max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 14.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 21.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 04.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 11.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 18.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 25.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 02.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 09.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 16.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 13.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 20.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 27.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Course description:

In this seminar we will deal with the social, cultural and political 'logics' of emotions which are emerging within contemporary global processes. Three main questions will provide the frame for approaching these 'logics': First, what is the mutual relation between social, economic, ecological, political and affective processes; second, why and how do particular emotions emerge and circulate in an intensely global world; and third, what are the impacts of affective 'logics' on individuals, various collectives, and the environment.
Based on a broad range of topics, ethnographies, and theories of affect we get profound insight into the sociality of emotions in a globalised world. At the same time, we learn to comprehend that emotions constitute an elementary 'intimate field' of contemporary global processes and power relations.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Course requirements and grading:

Regular attendance and participation.
Regular mandatory reading of texts.
Oral presentation and critical discussion of presentations by discussants.
Writing a final seminar paper.

1st meeting (attendance required): 14 October 2013, 4.45 p.m.
Weekly meetings.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course intends to:
Provide substantiated and up-to-date insights into contemporary identity processes from the perspective of the Anthropology of Emotions.
Deepen the understanding of the sociality of emotions in today’s global world by way of comparison.
Deepen the understanding of emotions as a fundamental factor for constituting contemporary subjects, power, social division and cohesion, and the environment.
Critically examine distinct theories of affects and emotions.
Give you the opportunity to improve your associative, combinative, and analytical skills.

Prüfungsstoff

Methods:

Beside a profound introduction given by the teacher the course methods will be mainly interactive; they will be based on developing critical questions and improving critical dialogue. A particular emphasis will be on learning and improving those performance skills which are required at conferences (poster presentations, panels with distinct performance roles). At the end of the term a written final seminar paper will be added to the oral performance.
The course will be supported by the e-learning platform Moodle.

Literatur

Selected bibliography:

Adams, V./ Murphy, M./Clarke, A. (2009). Anticipation: Technoscience, life, affect, temporality. Subjectivity 28: 246-265.

Ahmed, S. (2004). The Cultural Politics of Emotion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Bloch, A. (2011). Emotion Work, Shame, and Post-Soviet Women Entrepreneurs: Negotiating Ideals of Gender and Labor in a Global Economy. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Vol. 18, Issue 4, pp. 317-351.

Butler, J. (2006). Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence. London: Verso.

Gorman-Murray, A. (2010). An Australian Feeling for Snow. Towards Understanding Cultural and Emotional Dimensions of Climate Change. Cultural Studies Review 16(1): 60-78.

Milton, K. (2002). Loving Nature. Towards an ecology of emotion. London & New York: Routledge.

Norgaard, K.M. (2011). Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life. Cambridge, Mass. & London: The MIT Press.

Jankowiak, W. (Ed.). Intimacies. Love and Sex Across Cultures. New York: Columbia University Press.

Linke, U. and Smith, D.T. (Eds.) (2009). Cultures of Fear. A Critical Reader. New York: Pluto Press.

Richard, A. and Rudnyckyj, D. (2009). ‘Economies of affect’. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (N.S.), Vol. 15, pp.57-77.

Svasek, M. and Skrbis, Z. (2007). Passions and Powers: Emotions and Globalisation. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Vol. 14, Issue 4, pp. 367-383.

Wardlow, H. and Hirsch, J. (Eds.) (2006). Modern Loves. The Anthropology of Romantic Courtship and Companionate Marriage. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:40