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080015 VO-L B430 Special Theories: Anthropology and Beekeeping (2018S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 07.03. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 14.03. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 21.03. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 11.04. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 18.04. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 25.04. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 02.05. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 09.05. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 16.05. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 23.05. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 30.05. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 06.06. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 13.06. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 20.06. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse
  • Wednesday 27.06. 09:15 - 10:45 Seminarraum 1 (2.Stock, rechts) EE Hanuschgasse

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Considering the growing recognition of human entanglement with the world of the bee, and the dependence of agriculture, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability on it, the fear of honeybees’ losses has become one of the most important concerns for scholars, scientists, politicians, filmmakers, and many others. The course offers the opportunity to discuss the different theories and perspectives on the study of human and animals, with regard to human-bee relationships in research fields as human-animal studies and multispecies ethnography. The course questions how the current anthropological debate on Human-Animal Studies engages with the study of beekeeping, and it will try to answer the questions on ‘how’ and ‘if’ the multispecies theories can be used in the study of bee-human relation.
Thus, the provided literature and the lectures aim to encourage the students to develop a critical thinking on the different approaches about bees (and by extension other animals) in the general public, the media, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. During the course, attention will be given to the different ways of practicing beekeeping, from the more conventional beekeeping to the use of honeybees in Museums as a metaphor for social democracy.
Finally, the course introduces the question on how, in the context of European Union, the practice of beekeeping could be intertwined with broader questions of cultural politics of nature, landscape, and cultural heritage and identity matters.

Assessment and permitted materials

Nicht prüfungsimmanente LV

final thesis (8-10 pages)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Für den erfolgreichen Abschluss der LV sind zumindest 50 von 100 möglichen Punkten zu erreichen.

Notenskala:

>= 87,5 sehr gut (1)
>= 75 gut (2)
>= 62,5 befriedigend (3)
>= 50 genügend (4)
< 50 nicht genügend (5)

Examination topics

The students should provide a final thesis (8-10 pages) in which they develop a critical analysis of the said contents, through the selected literature

Reading list

Compulsory literature is provided on moodle.
A list of supplementary reading is also available on moodle.
Garry Marvin , Susan McHugh, In It Together: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies in Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies, 2014.
Michaela Fenske, Wenn aus Tieren Personen warden. Ein Einblick in die deutschsprachigen «Human Animal Studies», Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde 109 (2013), 115132.
Harraway Donna J., When Species Meet, University Of Minnesota Press (2008), chapters 1 and 2.
Descola Philippe, Gísli Pálsson, Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives, Routledge (1996), pp. 63-102.
Viveiros de Castro Eduardo Batalha, Exchanging Perspectives: The transformation of Objects into Subjects in Amerindian Ontologies, Common Knowledge, Volume 10, Issue 3, Fall 2004, pp. 463-484 (Article).
Seeley Thomas D., Honeybee Democracy, Princeton University Press (2010), chapter 2.
Matt Barlow, Enchanted Bee-ings: Encounters and Movements beyond the Human, H U M a N I M A L IA 8:2.
Richie Nimmo, The Bio-Politics of Bees: Industrial Farming and Colony Collapse Disorder, H U M a N I M A L I A 6:2.
Fenske, M., 2015, Zeichentrickfiguren als Retter? Das Bienensterben in der populären Unterhaltung [Toons as saviour? The honeybee die-off in popular entertainment]. In: S. Lorenz and K. Stark, (Eds.), 2015, Menschen und Bienen. Ein nachhaltiges Miteinander in Gefahr (Munich: Oekom), pp. 6172.
Wettfliegen zur Bienenkönigin: Zehn Jahre Bienen auf dem Dach des Museums für Moderne Kunst VON ALEXANDRA FLIETH.

Association in the course directory

B430 sowie EC 140 Grundlagen Europäischer Ethnologie

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