Universität Wien

140200 AG Engaging development research into action: challenges and considerations (2008W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 07.11. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Freitag 21.11. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Freitag 05.12. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Freitag 19.12. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Freitag 09.01. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Freitag 16.01. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
  • Freitag 30.01. 13:00 - 16:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

There is a long standing debate within development studies on the level of engagement with development policy and action: whether to maintain its critical, self-reflexive position or to orient its program towards more practical concerns. From a latter position, the course encourages the students to critically look at the various ways in which scientific knowledge has been put to practical use - applied, transdisciplinary, participatory action research and engaged research. The course will introduce the students to these various forms of engagement, enriched by examples and case studies to illustrate a strong interplay between ethical responsibility, scientific objectivity and the power of development, setting the stage for a critical discourse on the role and limits of positivistic science. The course will also demonstrate (via group exercises) the effective use of opportunities and constraints in existing framework conditions with respect to individual and institutional action in the context of development.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Grades will be based on having read assigned texts, presentations on a topic as agreed during the course, group work, participation in the class and a short written assignment to be submitted after the seminar.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

" A better understanding of the challenges of engaging scientific knowledge with development practice
" Develop insights and skills on how individual and institutional action may be positioned with respect to existing opportunities and constraints in framework conditions

Prüfungsstoff

Lecture interspersed with discussions, guest inputs, working groups and presentations.

Literatur

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

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Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:34