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240515 SE MM3 Cultures of Alaska (2024W)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 09.10. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 06.11. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 27.11. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 11.12. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 08.01. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 29.01. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Images of the impacts of climate change - from drowning polar bears to eroding Native villages - have dominated the media coverage of Alaska in recent years. At the same time, one must not forget that Alaska is one of the richest states of the USA, largely characterized by an "American way of life". This seminar intends to convey the cultural diversity of Alaska's past and present. Colonial history - starting with the Russian period - will receive some coverage, while prehistory will not be dealt with in any detail. The interaction of indigenous and non-indigenous societies will be a central theme of the course.

Most of the course will have seminar character. It will contain an introduction to past and present cultural configurations of Alaska, including indigenous and non-indigenous groups and life-ways. Sufficient time will be reserved for student presentations and discussions.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

A mandatory seminar paper will count for 50% of the grade. Short oral presentations will make up 20% of the grade; likewise one internet research presentation will count for 20% as well. The remaining 10% will be determined by course participation.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Attendance is required throughout the semester. In order to get a positive grade, you need at least 60 out of a possible 100 points. The following grading scale will be used:
1 ("sehr gut"): 90-100 points
2 ("gut"): 80-89 points
3 ("befriedigend"): 70-79 points
4 ("genügend"): 60-69 points
5 ("nicht genügend"): 0-59 points

The lecturers can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate).

Prüfungsstoff

There will be no exams.

Literatur

Demuth, Bathsheba
2019 Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. New York: W. W. Norton.

Dombrowski, Kirk
2001 Against Culture: Development, Politics, and Religion in Indian Alaska. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Fienup-Riordan, Ann
1990 Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Haycox, Stephen
2002 Alaska: An American Colony. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Jones, Preston
2007 Empire's Edge: American Society in Nome, Alaska, 1898-1934. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.
2010 City for Empire: An Anchorage History, 1914-1941. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.

Langdon, Steve J.
2014 The Native People of Alaska: Traditional Living in a Northern Land. 5th edition.Anchorage, AK: Greatland Graphics.

Lovecraft, Amy Lauren, and Hajo Eicken, eds.
2011 North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska?s Changing Social-Ecological Systems. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.

Marino, Elizabeth
2015 Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground: An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref, Alaska. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.

Metcalfe, Peter
2014 A Dangerous Idea: The Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Struggle for Indigenous Rights. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Miller, Gwenn A.
2010. Kodiak Kreol: Communities of Empire in Early Russian America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Olson, Wallace M.
2002 Through Spanish Eyes: Spanish Voyages to Alaska, 1774-1792. Auke Bay, AK: Heritage Research.

Ott, Riki
2005 Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Cordova, AK: Dragonfly Sisters Press.

Reedy-Maschner, Katherine L.
2010 Aleut Identities: Tradition and Modernity in an Indigenous Fishery. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Schneider, William S.
2012 On Time Delivery: The Dog Team Mail Carriers. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.
2018 Tanana Chiefs: Native Rights and Western Law. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.

Thornton, Thomas F.
2008 Being and Place Among the Tlingit. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Vinkovetsky, Ilya
2011 Russian America: An Overseas Colony of a Continental Empire, 1804-1867. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wohlforth, Charles
2004 The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change. New York: North Point Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 30.09.2024 00:02