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240034 VS Anthropology of Law, Conflict, and Resistance (3.3.2) (2021W)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
GEMISCHT

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 for courses with continuous assessment.

An/Abmeldung

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Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Update 12.01.2022: Due to the current situation the course will be held digital until the end of the semester.
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Update 13.12.2021: The course will be held digital until December 17.
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Update 22.11.2021: The course will be held digital during lockdown.
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If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.

  • Mittwoch 06.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 13.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 20.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 27.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 03.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
  • Mittwoch 10.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 17.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
  • Mittwoch 24.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Mittwoch 01.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Mittwoch 15.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Mittwoch 12.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Mittwoch 19.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Mittwoch 26.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The course will bring anthropology’s theoretical interventions and case studies that not only unravel intertwining relationship between law and workings of power but also stress how law serves as an act of resistance and can allow disadvantaged, marginalized groups to vocalize struggles through legal remedies and speak back in
the language of the law. The course will discuss the double-edge character of laws, instruments of law-making, actors that are involved, and conflicting interpretations and implementations of law.
Anthropologists’ accounts on ethnographic case studies and historical cases will be discussed that demonstrate the utilization of laws and legal instruments of juridical resistance in court cases as well as in a variety of different sites of oppositional practices.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

The course requires students to follow weekly readings and contribute to the class. Students will make one group presentation and write reflection papers throughout the course.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Response papers (50%)
Group presentation (20%)
Participation in group discussions (30%)

91-100 points: 1 (excellent)

81-90 points: 2 (good)

71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)

61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)

In order to complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.

Prüfungsstoff

The course does not require an exam. The grades will be given on the basis of attendance, participation, a group presentation, and reflection papers.

Literatur

Benjamin, Walter. 1978 [1921]. Critique of Violence. In Reflections, essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings. New York: Schocken Books.
Comaroff Jean, and John Comaroff. 2009. Reflections on the anthropology of law, governance, and sovereignity. In Rules of law and laws of ruling: on the governance of law. Pp. 31-59. Farnham: Ashgate.
Eckert Julia, Zerrin Özlem Biner, Brian Donahoe, and Christian Strümpell 2012, eds. 2012. Introduction: law’s travels and transformations. In Law against the state: ethnographic forays into
law’s transformations. Pp. 1-23. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lazarus-Black, Mindie, and Susan Hirsch, eds. Contested states: law, hegemony, and resistance. New York: Routledge.
Seng, Yvonne. 1994. Standing at the gates of justice: women in the law courts of early sixteenth century Üsküdar, İstanbul. In Contested states: law, hegemony, and resistance. Pp. 184-206. New
York: Routledge.
Von Benda-Beckmann, Franz, Keebet Von Benda-Beckmann, and Julia Eckert, eds. 2009. Rules of law and laws of ruling: law and governance between past and future. In Rules of law and laws of
ruling: on the governance of law. Farnham: Ashgate.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:20