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240521 SE MM3 Identity, racism and living together in the city (2024W)
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.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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 Su 01.09.2024 00:01 to Mo 23.09.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 14.10.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
UPDATE 25.10.2024: changed dates
- Tuesday 01.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 15.10. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 12.11. 11:30 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 26.11. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 03.12. 11:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Tuesday 10.12. 11:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- N Tuesday 21.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The production and reproduction of collective identities stand at the heart of this course. The precise focus is on living, working and housing conditions in urban spaces. The seminar discusses identities as uneven processes of negotiation that are embedded in transnational and global contexts and yet they unfold in specific locations. A special focus lies on the renewed importance of digital communication for the renegotiation of identities in different collective spheres, such as the neighborhood, urban movements, etc. Participants will discuss interrelations among identity politics, racist stigmatization and changing individual as well as group identities. The course relates theoretical texts to various ethnographic examples from different geographical contexts. These perspectives are complemented by thematic excursions to Viennese neighborhoods. Several aspects will be debated, such, as the ethnicization of poverty, the link between racism and gentrification processes, territorial stigmatization, migration, new forms of urban citizenship, gender, the phenomenological dimension of racism etc. It is the aim to foster an anthropological understanding for the political dimension of contemporary processes of identity building in urban contexts.The course consists of 5 blocks in which texts are presented and discussed - both in plenary sessions and in small groups. On two block sessions, the texts are supplemented by short thematic excursions to Viennese neighborhoods.
Assessment and permitted materials
Attendance, active participation in the seminar, presentation on a selected text from the compulsory literature, seminar paper on a selected topicAll aids that comply with the basic principles of academic work and pass the plagiarism check are permitted for all partial deliveries.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Active participation in the discussions (10% of the assessment)Preparation of the recommended compulsory literature for the individual blocks and presentation in small groups (30% of the assessment)Written paper on the topic presented (60% of the assessment)The minimum requirement is participation in a presentation, submission of a written paper as specified by the course instructor and attendance at the seminar. Attendance in the first session is mandatory; participants may miss a maximum of one block. Exceeding this maximum limit means that the minimum requirements for a positive assessment have not been met. Deadline for submission of the seminar paper: 1.3.2025Grading key:
Highest achievable score: 100 points; 0-60 points: Grade 5; 61-70 points: Grade 4; 71-80 points: Grade 3; 81-90 points: Grade 2; 91-100 points: Grade 1
Highest achievable score: 100 points; 0-60 points: Grade 5; 61-70 points: Grade 4; 71-80 points: Grade 3; 81-90 points: Grade 2; 91-100 points: Grade 1
Examination topics
Continuous assessment course (see assessment criteria above); there will be no final exam.
Reading list
The complete bibliography ( compulsory reading and further reading) will be provided in the first session and on Moodle.Huq, E., & Miraftab, F. (2020). “We are all refugees”: Camps and informal settlements as converging spaces of global displacements. Planning Theory & Practice, 21(3), 351-370.Kadıoğlu, D. (2022). Producing gentrifiable neighborhoods: Race, stigma and struggle in Berlin-Neukölln. Housing Studies, 1-23.Karasz, D. Defining the "Migrant" Resident in Vienna: the Non-Definition of "Migrants" in a Developer's Competition for "Intercultural" Housing Estates and the Consequences for Housing Allocations, in: Theodoros Fouskas (ed.), Immigrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Times of Crises: An International Handbook on Migration, Asylum, Social Integration and Exclusion, European Public Law Organization (EPLO) Publications, Athens, 2021: 650-675.Landau, L. B. (2019). Displacement and the pursuit of urban protection: Forced migration, fluidity and global cities. In Forced Migration (1st ed., pp. 106–125).Perocco, F. (2022). The System of Racial Discrimination in the Italian Welfare State. In Racism in and for the Welfare State (pp. 261-298). Cham: Springer International Publishing.Thörn, C., & Holgersson, H. (2016). Revisiting the urban frontier through the case of New Kvillebäcken, Gothenburg. City, 20(5), 663-684.
Wacquant, L. (2011). A Janus-faced institution of ethnoracial closure: A sociological specification of the ghetto. The ghetto: Contemporary global issues and controversies, 1(2).Willen, S and Cook, J. (2022). Must the Tired and Poor ‘Stand on Their Own Two Feet’? Tools for Analysing How Migrants’ Deservingness Is Reckoned. Ethnographies of Deservingness: Unpacking Ideologies of Distribution and Inequality, 68.Wodak, R. (2020). The language of walls: inclusion, exclusion, and the racialization of space. In Routledge international handbook of contemporary racisms (pp. 160-177). Routledge
Wacquant, L. (2011). A Janus-faced institution of ethnoracial closure: A sociological specification of the ghetto. The ghetto: Contemporary global issues and controversies, 1(2).Willen, S and Cook, J. (2022). Must the Tired and Poor ‘Stand on Their Own Two Feet’? Tools for Analysing How Migrants’ Deservingness Is Reckoned. Ethnographies of Deservingness: Unpacking Ideologies of Distribution and Inequality, 68.Wodak, R. (2020). The language of walls: inclusion, exclusion, and the racialization of space. In Routledge international handbook of contemporary racisms (pp. 160-177). Routledge
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