Universität Wien

240118 VO+UE VM4 / VM6 - Post-development theories and the question of alternatives (2020W)

a view from Latin America

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
ISK
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

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

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 13.10. 18:00 - 21:00 Digital
  • Dienstag 27.10. 18:00 - 21:00 Digital
  • Dienstag 10.11. 18:00 - 21:00 Digital
  • Dienstag 24.11. 18:00 - 21:00 Digital
  • Dienstag 15.12. 18:00 - 21:00 Digital
  • Dienstag 19.01. 18:00 - 21:00 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In this class we will examine Latin American ideas on post-development that on the one hand criticize the notion of development and on the other hand propose alternative approaches. conviviality, teconología social, human scale development, buen vivir and Latin American feminism.

Learning Outcomes

Students are able
• to create a knowledge base of (post)development studies literature mainly from a Latin American perspective.
• evaluate the importance of Latin American contributions in the shaping of contemporary critical scholarship on post-development.
• assess the strengths and weaknesses of post-development criticism.

This course will be taught digitally through assignments and
interactive/uploaded lectures/ppt presentations. On-line classes are organized to discuss your essays.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Written exercises 60%

Final essay (2500 words, due 2 weeks after the final class) 40%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Grading Scale:
1 (sehr gut) 100-89 points
2 (gut) 88-76 points
3 (befriedigend) 75-63 points
4 (genügend) 62-50 points
5 (nicht genügend) 49-0 points

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Herrera, Amrical (1975): Catastrophe or New Society? A Latin American World Model, Fundación Bariloche

Illich, Ivan (1992): Needs in: The Development Dictionary, ed. Wolfgang Sachs, Zed Books

Gustavo Esteva & Arturo Escobar (2017) Post-Development @ 25: on ‘being stuck’ and moving forward, sideways, backward and otherwise, Third World Quarterly, 38:12

Max-Neef Manfred (1991): Human scale development, conception, application and further reflections, The Apex Press

Aguinaga, Margarita / Lang, Miriam / Mokrani Dunia / Santillana,
Alejandra (2011): Development Critiques and Alternatives: A Feminist Perspective in: Beyond Development Alternative Visions from Latin America, ed. Lang

Reference works:

Sachs, Wolfgang (1992) The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power. Zed Books

Kothari, Ashish, et al., eds.(2019) Pluriverse: A post-development dictionary. Tulika Books

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

VM4 / VM6;

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:21