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143254 SE Lachen in historischen und gesellschaftlichen Situationen, wenn es wehtut (2025S)

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

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Di 04.03. 13:00-15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03

An/Abmeldung

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

Anmeldung von Sa 01.02.2025 08:00 bis Fr 28.02.2025 09:00
Abmeldung bis Mo 31.03.2025 23:59

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Deutsch

Lehrende

Kirsten Rüther

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

N Dienstag 04.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 11.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 18.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 25.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 01.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 08.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 29.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 06.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 13.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 20.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 27.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 03.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 10.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 17.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03
Dienstag 24.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-03

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Note on language of instruction: Depending on the language command of students in this course teaching will be conducted in either English or German, or a mixture of both. The language issue will be settled once the seminar has begun.

Studies on laughter, humour and ridicle do perhaps not command centre stage in African Studies. Why not? There is a tendency to focus on "serious" issues, crises, politics, social change, religious and cultural commitment - all of which are actually connected to situations of laughter, be it uneasy, hilarious or relieving. As a result, interest in laughter is often relegated to the field popular culture and framed in terms of "satire" or "comedy". But social interactions in politically framed situations, in all their entanglement with crises, challenges and fears, are only partly understood if there is no consideration of the meanings of laughter. This course will dedicate attention to literature that takes up these issues.
When do people laugh and make fun of difficult situations? Is it possible to make ridicule any difficult situation? How could we, as academics, interpret laughter connected to deadly serious moments in politics, personal situations, social transformation etc.? What are our "sources" to work with? Does laughter bring about any transformation? Can laughter be learnt? Can it be used by groups and individuals to position themselves in social relations and claim recognition, or dominance? What are the power implications connected to laughter? What are the ways of conceptually approaching laughter, humour and ridicule in moments of African history, and do we need a "theory of laughter" that particularly suits the requirements of doing studies on laughter in African history?

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

20% Regular committed participation (a maximum of three sessions may be missed)
15% Presentation, discussion lead (and perhaps facilitation of group work) in one of the sessions.
15% Preparation of a "handout"/ "powerpoint presentation" for the group to take away - including bibliographic references in addition to literature mentioned on the reading list
50% final essay (15-20 pages, to be further specified at the beginning of the semester), deadline for submission: 30 Aug 2025.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

see above.

100-90: sehr gut
• 89-80: gut
• 79-65: befriedigend
• 64-50: genügend
• 49-0: nicht genügend

Prüfungsstoff

Literature will be provided at the beginning of the course. You will have to do further bibliographic research for your seminar essays.

Literatur