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142234 UE Political Geography in South Asia (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 24 participants
Language: English

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Course Title-
Political Geography: An Intersection of Politics, Power &
People in South Asia.
Abstract
Rationale of the Course
Political Geography is an offshoot of Human Geography that primarily
deals with the spatial and geographical interface of Politics at large. It
provides a perspective to analyse the world. The themes that constitute
the scholarship of Political Geography are disparate and cover a wide
spectrum. Political Geography as a discipline is well grounded in the
concepts and tenets of Politics such as Territoriality, Sovereignty, Nationstate,
Nationality, Govern-mentality and the likes and is also deeply rooted
in the aspects of spaces and places. Recent and Contemporary
interventions and developments in the discipline stands as a testimony
that Political Geography assumes a bottom-up approach. The interplay of
politics and power is grappled by studying its ramifications on the people.
Course Objectives
The course comprises of two aspects. The first part of the course will
briefly create consciousness of the existing theories and concepts that are
basic to the discipline while the second part shall be focussing on the
issues of South Asia. The course is structured to enable the pupils to not
just understand the concepts of Political Geography but also be able to
analyse the issues of South Asia from a pragmatic and nuanced stance.
Course Structure - 14 Sessions
1. Introduction to Political Geography
2. Colonialism, Partition and post coloniality: A Historical
perspective of South Asia
3. Territoriality
4. Nation, Nationalism and the emotional geographies in the
region
5. Frontier, Boundary, Border and Borderland
6. Region & Regionalism
7. The Political Geography of the Indian Ocean Region
8. Religious identities: A contested space in the South Asian
Region
9. Politics, Perspective & Performance
10. Power dynamics: The Politics of conflict and cooperation in
the South Asian Region.
11. Democracy in South Asia
12. History and its impacts of Female Leadership in South Asia
13. Cinema and South Asia
14. Presentation of the students

Assessment and permitted materials

25% term end examination
25% academic essay
25% presentation of the essay
25% attendance

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

25% term end examination
25% academic essay
25% presentation of the essay
25% attendance

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All contents of the course.

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