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210064 SE BA 16 Culture and Politics (2009W)

Gedächtnispolitiken und Identitätskonstruktionen

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

am 20.11. und 27.11. findet das Seminar nicht statt

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 09.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 16.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 23.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 30.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 06.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 13.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 20.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 27.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 04.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 11.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 18.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 08.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 15.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 22.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
  • Friday 29.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar addresses the topic of how selected European states and Europe as a whole deal with phenomena spawned by the politics of memory, the culture of commemoration and identity constructions. It looks at the case of public conflict around the political history of Europe and its national states with a temporal focus on the period since 1989 and the fall of the Iron Curtain. Against the backdrop of the European integration and development process, it explores the national and European politics of memory and identity and respective representations in the public space.
The relevance of memory and commemoration for political science follows already from the fact that political action implies to generate representations in the social world, to make them obligatory and thereby to make an impact on social reality. The way history is dealt with in public discourses and debates about appropriate forms of commemoration reflects aspects of the political culture and the political identity of a society and offers opportunities for inclusion. By selecting what is remembered and how and by stage-managing commemoration of past events the present political order is interpreted and legitimized.
In terms of methodology, the seminar aims at integrating approaches and concepts from the cultural and political sciences.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation including Handout
Seminar paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Explore national and European politics of memory and identity and respective representations in the public sphere based on sound theoretical concepts
Analyse how the politics of memory and commemoration reflect political culture patterns
Conduct comparative case studies
Apply a set of methodological approaches from social sciences and cultural studies

Examination topics

Lecture based heoretical input (concepts, analytical approaches)
Students' resentations (teamwork recommended)
Plenary discussions

Reading list

Anderson, Benedict (2006): Imagined Communities. London-New York.
Assmann, Aleida (2002): Gedächtnis als Leitbegriff der Kulturwissenschaften. In: Musner, Lutz/ Wunberg, Gotthart (Hg.): Kulturwissenschaften: Forschung-Praxis-Positionen. Wien. 27-45.
Assmann, Aleida (2006): „Ein geteiltes europäisches Wissen von uns selbst. Europa als Erinnerungsgemeinschaft. In: Feichtinger, Johannes et al. (Hg.): Schauplatz Kultur – Zentraleuropa. Transdisziplinäre Annäherungen. Innsbruck-Wien-Bozen. 15-24.
Flacke, Monika (Hg.) (2004): Mythen der Nationen. 1945-Arena der Erinnerungen. 2 Bände. Berlin.
Halbwachs, Maurice (1992): On Collective Memory. Edited, Translated and with an Introduction by Lewis A. Coser. Chicago-London.
Leggewie, Claus (2009): Battlefield Europe. Transnational memory and European identity. http://www.eurozine.com.
Marchart, Oliver (2005): Das historisch-politische Gedächtnis. Für eine politische Theorie kollektiver Erinnerung. In: Gerbel, Christian et al. (Hg.): Transformationen gesellschaftlicher Erinnerung. Studien zur „Gedächtnisgeschichte“ der Zweiten Republik. Reihe Kultur.Wissenschaften des BMBWK Band 9. Wien. 21-49.
Rousso, Henry (2004): Das Dilemma eines europäischen Gedächtnisses. In: Zeithistorische Forschungen/ Studies in Contemporary History. In: http://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/portal/alias__zeithistorische-forschungen/lang__de/tabID__40208268/Default.aspx.
Schwelling, Birgit (Hg.) (2004): Politikwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft. Wiesbaden.

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