240040 SE BM7 FbSE Political Anthropology (2025S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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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.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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 00:01 bis Mo 24.02.2025 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Mo 17.03.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Dienstag 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- N Dienstag 06.05. 08:00 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Donnerstag 08.05. 08:00 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 13.05. 08:00 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Donnerstag 15.05. 08:00 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 20.05. 08:00 - 11:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Donnerstag 22.05. 08:00 - 11:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Course requirements:
Complete the assigned readings for each session (1-2 articles).
Submit a short response paper (500 words) for each session, critically engaging with key arguments.
Make one in-class presentation
Participate actively in class discussions
Submit a final essay
In addition to the required readings, we will also look at relevant films and videos.
Complete the assigned readings for each session (1-2 articles).
Submit a short response paper (500 words) for each session, critically engaging with key arguments.
Make one in-class presentation
Participate actively in class discussions
Submit a final essay
In addition to the required readings, we will also look at relevant films and videos.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Response papers (around 500 words): 30%
Participation: 50% (20% in-class participation, 30% in-class presentation)
Final Essay: 20% (around 2000 words)91-100 points: 1 (excellent)
81-90 points: 2 (good)
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)To complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.
Participation: 50% (20% in-class participation, 30% in-class presentation)
Final Essay: 20% (around 2000 words)91-100 points: 1 (excellent)
81-90 points: 2 (good)
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)To complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.
Prüfungsstoff
Students will be assessed on their participation in discussions, class presentations, response papers and final essay.These components will be assessed on their understanding of the main arguments of the texts, critical engagement with the readings, analytical skills, creativity and ability to articulate anthropological perspectives on policy issues.
Literatur
A finalised reading list, including relevant films, will be provided on the first day of class.Excerpts from:Coleman, Gabriella. Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2012
Banerjee, Mukulika. Why India Votes? New Delhi: Routledge, 2014.
Barassi, Veronica. ‘Algorithmic Violence in Everyday Life and the Role of Media Anthropology’. In The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology, 1st ed., 1:481–91. Routledge. 2023.
Coleman, Gabriella. "From Busting Cults to Breeding Cults: Anonymous h/Acktivism vs. the (a)Nonymous Far Right and QAnon." HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 13, no. 2 : 248–63. 2023
Crewe, Emma. The Anthropology of Parliaments: Entanglements in Democratic Politics. London: Routledge, 2021.
Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. 2. Vintage Books ed. New York, NY: Vintage Books. 1995.
Banerjee, Mukulika. Why India Votes? New Delhi: Routledge, 2014.
Barassi, Veronica. ‘Algorithmic Violence in Everyday Life and the Role of Media Anthropology’. In The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology, 1st ed., 1:481–91. Routledge. 2023.
Coleman, Gabriella. "From Busting Cults to Breeding Cults: Anonymous h/Acktivism vs. the (a)Nonymous Far Right and QAnon." HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 13, no. 2 : 248–63. 2023
Crewe, Emma. The Anthropology of Parliaments: Entanglements in Democratic Politics. London: Routledge, 2021.
Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. 2. Vintage Books ed. New York, NY: Vintage Books. 1995.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: So 30.03.2025 00:02
The course responds to contemporary global shifts: from the erosion of democratic norms and the intensification of militarization to the rise of algorithmic governance and digital forms of activism. How do technologies mediate power? How are citizenship and statehood being reconfigured in the wake of globalization and deterritorialization? What new forms of inequality and resistance are emerging under global capitalism? And how can anthropological tools—especially ethnography and critical theory—help us make sense of the political today?
Through critical readings and engaged discussion, students will examine the interplay between power and practice, and between institutional authority and everyday life.By the end of the course, students will be able to:
• Identify and critically discuss key concepts in political anthropology.
• Analyze the relationship between politics and everyday life through ethnographic cases.
• Compare different theoretical approaches to power, the state, and governance.
• Evaluate the political implications of digital technologies and algorithmic systems.
• Formulate and express anthropologically grounded arguments about contemporary political issues.