140410 VO+UE VM3 / VM4 - Knowledge production in social sciences perspectives on, from and in the Global South (2016W)

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

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

MOB

Moodle

An/Abmeldung

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

Anmeldung von Mo 12.09.2016 10:00 bis Mi 28.09.2016 10:00
Anmeldung von Do 29.09.2016 10:00 bis Mo 03.10.2016 14:00
Abmeldung bis Mo 31.10.2016 23:59

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Johannes Maerk

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

    
    Montag
    10.10.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
    
    Montag
    31.10.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
    
    Montag
    07.11.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
    
    Montag
    21.11.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
    
    Montag
    05.12.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
    
    Montag
    16.01.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
    
    Montag
    30.01.
    16:00 - 19:00
    Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course questions critically the prominent ethnocentric position of US American and Western European outlooks in the discourse of social sciences & humanities, discusses the academic dependency (Alatas) of Southern regions (Latin America, Asia, and Africa) and its overcoming.
The aim of the course is to expand the intellectual horizon of the students beyond the classical social science thought (‘the canon’) and introduces to selected approaches of ‘Southern epistemologies’ advanced by authors based in the Southern and Northern academia.
We look at the geopolitical context of alternatives and new paths of knowledge construction like for example the notion of ‘buen vivir’, islamization of knowledge and ‘asabyia’ (Ibn Khaldun) as well as gender and development issues from Southern perspectives.
Learning Outcomes
• Identification of the major contributions of Southern authors to the social science discourse
• Evaluation of the validity of the criticisms regarding eurocentrism in social science theories
• Ability to discuss the pros and cons of Southern approaches and of the indigenization of knowledge

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Attendance, assignments of small written exercises & participation 60%
Final essay (5-6 Pages) 40%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Working knowledge of English.

Prüfungsstoff

Content of the lectures of the class

Literatur

Some texts from the reading list:
Alatas, Syed Farid (2003). Academic dependency and the global division of labour in the social sciences Current Sociology 51.6: 599-61
Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. (2000) The centre-periphery in knowledge production in the twenty-first century. Compare 30.3 (2000): 283-291
Maerk, Johannes (2012).The politics of knowledge production in higher education Megatrend Review 9.4.
Comaroff, Jean & Comaroff, John L. (2012) Theory from the south: Or, how Euro-America is evolving toward Africa, Anthropological Forum, 22:2: 113-131

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

VM3, VM4

Letzte Änderung: Mi 21.04.2021 13:31