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240518 SE (In)equality: A critical investigation (P4) (2021W)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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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 for courses with continuous assessment.
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mi 01.09.2021 00:01 bis Mi 22.09.2021 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Mo 18.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Update 12.01.2022: Due to the current situation the course will be held digital until the end of the semester.
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Update 13.12.2021: The course will be held digital until December 17.
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Update 22.11.2021: The course will be held digital during lockdown.
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If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
- Dienstag 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
- Dienstag 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
- Dienstag 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
- Dienstag 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
- Dienstag 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
- Dienstag 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
- Dienstag 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
1) Each student, or small group of students, will find accompanying examples (from the media, literature, scholarship, etc.) related to the theme of a respective session. They will reflect upon their examples/material in relation to the session’s assigned readings and design several questions the group can discuss. This assignment will count towards 40 points of the final mark.
2) Each student will briefly reflect upon their fellow students' presentations of examples – and related discussion – and submit their reflections two days after each respective presentation/session. This assignment will count towards 20 points of the final mark.
3) Each student will write an individual paper of 3,500 to 5,000 words in which they will reflect upon a theme related to the course material (with the help of a proper research question), to be handed in at the end of the course. This will count towards 40 points of the final mark.NB. Please note, all written assignments will be checked with anti-plagiarism software.
2) Each student will briefly reflect upon their fellow students' presentations of examples – and related discussion – and submit their reflections two days after each respective presentation/session. This assignment will count towards 20 points of the final mark.
3) Each student will write an individual paper of 3,500 to 5,000 words in which they will reflect upon a theme related to the course material (with the help of a proper research question), to be handed in at the end of the course. This will count towards 40 points of the final mark.NB. Please note, all written assignments will be checked with anti-plagiarism software.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
1) Presence and active participation in the seminar.
2) With prior notification and a valid reason, an absence of a maximum two session, i.e. approximately 20% of the total hours, will be allowed.
3) All assignments have to be completed.
4) In the case of group assignments, each student should have an active and fair contribution to the assignment (all students involved in a particular group have to be present during their presentation/assignment; hence, they cannot request absence apart from for very important reasons).
2) With prior notification and a valid reason, an absence of a maximum two session, i.e. approximately 20% of the total hours, will be allowed.
3) All assignments have to be completed.
4) In the case of group assignments, each student should have an active and fair contribution to the assignment (all students involved in a particular group have to be present during their presentation/assignment; hence, they cannot request absence apart from for very important reasons).
Prüfungsstoff
Literatur
Various articles and chapters.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:21
1) To comprehend the (alleged) societal consequences of (growing) socioeconomic inequality.
2) To better understand (capitalist) causes, drivers, and patterns of socioeconomic inequality.
3) To gain an understanding of the various proposals/solutions to reverse inequality and what their (lack of) potential for implementation is – and why.
4) To learn what an anthropological perspective may contribute to a better understanding of the realities, patterns, ambiguities, and paradoxes of socioeconomic inequality.Content:
We will start the course with discussing the societal consequences of socioeconomic inequality. Following from that, we will discuss scholarship on the causes and drivers of inequality. We will explore to what extent new insights resonate with and/or differ from a long history of (explicit and implicit) research on socioeconomic inequality. Subsequently, we will move on to discuss various contemporary and historical solutions that have been proposed to reverse and/or mitigate inequality. Of particular interest is to critically assess the potential of these solutions and to what extent the rich, yet ambiguously at times also the non-rich, may succeed in preventing these proposals from becoming reality. Together, this will allow us not only to better understand the causes and consequences of socioeconomic inequality, but especially also what the chances are to structurally reverse current levels of inequality.Methods:
Reading literature, presentations, discussions, and individual papers.