240542 SE Borders from Below (P4) (2022S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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

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

Anmeldung von Di 01.02.2022 00:01 bis Mo 21.02.2022 23:59
Abmeldung bis Mo 14.03.2022 23:59

Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Shahram Khosravi

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

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
    02.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
    
    Donnerstag
    03.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
    
    Freitag
    04.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
    
    Montag
    07.03.
    11:30 - 14:45
    Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
    
    Dienstag
    08.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
    
    Mittwoch
    09.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
    
    Donnerstag
    10.03.
    13:15 - 14:45
    Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

We live in a time of wall fetishism. Never have human beings been so obsessed with building walls as they are today. Walls are, however, age-old. Empires built walls. And if we look closer, we can see that there are still traces of the old imperial visions in the modern borders and border walls. While borders of different kinds seem to be everywhere, yet some borders are more visible than others due to their design; some perform heavier than others due to their distinctive material qualities; some are more lethal than others because of the way they perform; some borders operate not only to repress but to produce different sorts of subject, wealth and capital and they do so due to their specific design and materiality.
This course by weaving two modes of inquiry aims to provide a space for thinking and discussing as well as intervening in how the materiality and performativity of borders operate and what they produce in different sites and moments. Building on recent scholarship in border studies and critical theory, this course aims to approach the border from the subject position the border is constructed for. In other words, this course aims to answer the question: What do we see if we look at the border from the other side?
The aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the anthropology of objects, practices and spaces of borders and borderings through implying different ethnographic concepts and methods.
Teaching activities include a series of lectures, seminars, presentations, and workshops. Class attendance is obligatory. The language of instruction is English.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Besides active participation in the course and seminar discussions (10%), the students are expected to deliver two main assignments:
(I) Conduct and present visually or/and materially a specific project that addresses encounters, negotiations and challenges around a site or situation of borderwork. This can be individually or in a group of two if desired. (40%)
(II) Write a final paper of max. 3000 words reflecting critically on the process of their work by analysing and referring to the course literature and their ethnographic practice. (50%)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

All students will be assessed for their active participation in class, their oral presentations of the project and for the quality of their final paper. Each individual part of the assessment has to be completed in order to successfully pass the course.

• 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, one needs to obtain at least 61 points.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Keshavarz, Mahmoud (2020) Violent Compassions: Humanitarian Design and the Politics of Borders. Design Issues; 36 (4): 20–32. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00611

Khosravi, Shahram (2019) What do we see if we look at the border from the other side?. Soc Anthropol, 27: 409-424. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12685

Rajaram, Prem. K. 2018. ‘Refugees as surplus population: race, migration and capitalist value regimes’, New Political Economy 23: 627–39.
Sur, Malini (2020). Jungle Passports : Fences, Mobility, and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 03.03.2022 16:09