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240515 SE (In)equality: A Critical Investigation (P4) (2020S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Participation at first session is obligatory!
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 01.02.2020 00:01 to Tu 25.02.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 30.04.2020 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
ATTENTION: changed dates!
- Thursday 05.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 19.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 26.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 02.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 23.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 30.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 07.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 14.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 28.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 04.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 18.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 25.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
1. Each student, or small group of students, will lead (part of) a seminar session and discussion. For this, the student/group will select a particular (historical or contemporary) theme and/or case about (material) inequality and search for relevant (theoretical) reading material. To facilitate the discussion, the student/group will select one or two texts and prepare a set of questions. The required reading and questions will be sent to the class on the Monday prior to the (Thursday) session the latest. On the Wednesday before the session, the student/group will also send a two to three-page critical analysis of the readings (including why the text(s) is/are of relevance to the selected theme/case) to the professor. This assignment will count towards 50 points of the final mark.
2. In the last session(s), each student will present an outline of the planned essay, including a research question. This assignment will count towards 10 points of the final mark.
3. Each student will write an essay of 6,000 to 8,500 words 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. In the last session(s), each student will present an outline of the planned essay, including a research question. This assignment will count towards 10 points of the final mark.
3. Each student will write an essay of 6,000 to 8,500 words 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.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
1. Presence and active participation in the seminar.
2. With prior notification and a valid reason, an absence of a maximum of 20% of the total hours will be allowed, i.e. two sessions maximum.
3. All assignments have to be completed successfully.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). From winter term 2019/20 the plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used for courses with continuous assessment.
2. With prior notification and a valid reason, an absence of a maximum of 20% of the total hours will be allowed, i.e. two sessions maximum.
3. All assignments have to be completed successfully.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). From winter term 2019/20 the plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used for courses with continuous assessment.
Examination topics
Reading list
Various articles, chapters, newspaper clippings, etc.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:21
1. To comprehend the (capitalist) drivers, patterns, and consequences of material inequality.
2. To gain an understanding of the latest developments in scholarship on material inequality.
3. To learn about a variety of insights that have emerged from anthropological studies on (material) inequality and egalitarianism.
4. To (theoretically) understand moral objections against inequality, but also against equality.Content:
We will start the course with discussing the latest (political) developments of (global) material inequality and discuss how this is reflected in scholarship in anthropology and other social sciences, including economics. We will explore to what extent new insights resonate with and/or differ from a long history of (explicit and implicit) research on material inequality. A key aim thereafter is to critically investigate the extent to which moral concerns about inequality – yet also about equality – exist across time and cultural contexts. And when indeed many practices associated with the unequal distribution of material resources are morally opposed, why do inequalities often appear to be so durable or only marginally mitigated? Together, we will in the course investigate to what extent an anthropological perspective could help to provide additional answers to these and other questions.Methods:
Reading literature, presentations, discussions, and individual papers.