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240518 SE ‘The Pale Horse’ - Introduction to the Anthropology of War and Warfare (P4) (2022W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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.
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 Th 01.09.2022 00:01 to Mo 26.09.2022 23:59
- Registration is open from We 28.09.2022 00:01 to Th 29.09.2022 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 17.10.2022 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
- Wednesday 05.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 19.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 16.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 30.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 14.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 11.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 25.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The seminar introduces some keyconcepts and central notions in studying war and warfare, conflict and violence. It questions established assumptions surrounding the issues and helps in analysing given manifestations. This is an inter-active course. Apart from introductory input and impulse lecturing the seminar is based on intense communication, open discussion, active contribution and group work of all participants, and makes use of multi-media materials and seminal texts.
Assessment and permitted materials
Continuous assessment.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Marking is based on active participation including collective and peer-group discussion and short written work (30%), 10 minutes presentation (25%), and final paper (aprox. 20000 characters; 45%).
Closing date for final paper delivery: 27.02.2023
Closing date for final paper delivery: 27.02.2023
Examination topics
The assessment load is constituted by notions, concepts and approaches that were presented, examined and debated in the course as well as the discussed ethnographic case studies; all work done by the participants, whether collectively or independently.
Reading list
Ächtler, Norman (ed): Ikonographie des Terrors. Formen äesthetischer Erinnerung in der Bundesrepublik 1978 – 2008. Carsten Gansel: Heidelberg.Clausewitz, Carl von: Vom Kriege. Hinterlassenes Werk des Generals Carl von, Bd. 1–3, bei Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin 1832–1834 (hrsg. von Marie von Clausewitz), hier online.Harvey, Penelope & Peter Gow (ed), 1994, Sex and Violence, London: Routledge.Huizinga, Johan, (1938) 2014: Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element of Culture. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing.Keppley - Mahmood, Cynthia, 1996, Fighting for Faith and Nation. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press.Kluge, Alexander & Oskar Negt: Geschichte und Eigensinn. Geschichtliche Organisation der Arbeitsvermögen – Deutschland als Produktionsöffentlichkeit – Gewalt des Zusammenhangs. Frankfurt a. M. 1981.Nordstrom, Carolyn, 2004, Shadows of War: Violence, Power, and International Profiteering in the 21st Century. Berkeley: University of California Press
Nordstrom, Carolyn & Antonius Robben, 1995, Fieldwork under Fire, Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Nordstrom, Carolyn & Jo Ann Martin,ed., 1992, The Paths to Domination, Resistance, and Terror. Berkeley: University of California Press.Rao, Aparna, Bollig, Michael & Monika Böck (eds) 2007: The Practice of War. New York, Oxford: Berghahn.Riches, David, ed., 1986, The Anthropology of Violence, Basil Blackwell, Oxford.Robben, Antonius & Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (ed) 2000: Cultures under Siege. Collective Violence and Trauma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Verkaaik, Oskar, “Fun and Violence. Ethnocide and the effervescence of collective aggression”, Social Anthropology, Vol. 11, Februar 2003, 3-22.Waterston, Alisse (Ed.) (2009): An Anthropology of War. Views from the Frontline. New York: Berghahn.Sluka, Jeffrey A. (ed.), 2000, Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.Steenkamp, Christina (2011): In the shadows of war and peace. Making sense of violence after peace accords. In Conflict, Security & Development 11 (3), pp. 357–383. DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2011.593813.Strathern, Andrew, Stewart, Pamela & Neil Whitehead,ed., 2006, Terror & Violence, London: Pluto Press.Sun, Tzu (Sun, Wu) translated and annotated by Lionel Giles, 2005, The Art of War by Sun Tzu – Special Edition. El Paso Norte Press.Taussig, Michael, 1987, Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man. Chicago, London: University Press of Chicago.
Nordstrom, Carolyn & Antonius Robben, 1995, Fieldwork under Fire, Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Nordstrom, Carolyn & Jo Ann Martin,ed., 1992, The Paths to Domination, Resistance, and Terror. Berkeley: University of California Press.Rao, Aparna, Bollig, Michael & Monika Böck (eds) 2007: The Practice of War. New York, Oxford: Berghahn.Riches, David, ed., 1986, The Anthropology of Violence, Basil Blackwell, Oxford.Robben, Antonius & Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (ed) 2000: Cultures under Siege. Collective Violence and Trauma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Verkaaik, Oskar, “Fun and Violence. Ethnocide and the effervescence of collective aggression”, Social Anthropology, Vol. 11, Februar 2003, 3-22.Waterston, Alisse (Ed.) (2009): An Anthropology of War. Views from the Frontline. New York: Berghahn.Sluka, Jeffrey A. (ed.), 2000, Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.Steenkamp, Christina (2011): In the shadows of war and peace. Making sense of violence after peace accords. In Conflict, Security & Development 11 (3), pp. 357–383. DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2011.593813.Strathern, Andrew, Stewart, Pamela & Neil Whitehead,ed., 2006, Terror & Violence, London: Pluto Press.Sun, Tzu (Sun, Wu) translated and annotated by Lionel Giles, 2005, The Art of War by Sun Tzu – Special Edition. El Paso Norte Press.Taussig, Michael, 1987, Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man. Chicago, London: University Press of Chicago.
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