240033 VS Ethnographies of violence and displacement (3.3.2) (2023S)

How do people get on with their lives after an episode of violence? How, in the process, are new spaces and societies made? This course addresses these questions through ethnography. It addresses political debates and academic controversies over refugees and resettlement through ethnographic monographs that address experiences and narratives of people directly or indirectly affected by violence-induced displacement.

The course has three learning objectives. First, students gain theoretical knowledge on the themes of violence and displacement, and more generally gain insight into the relationship between anthropological theory and ethnographic research. Second, students learn to recognise and evaluate the structure, argumentation, and style of argumentation of ethnographic monographs. Third, through the writing assignments, students will develop their academic writing skills, especially those necessary to construct an argument in such a way that the text is of interest to anthropologists and social scientists.