Universität Wien

240544 SE Toward an Anthropology of Water (P4) (2022S)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
VOR-ORT

Participation at first session is obligatory!

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Details

max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Update May 31: Dates have changed

If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.

  • Montag 13.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Dienstag 14.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 15.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Montag 20.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Dienstag 21.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Mittwoch 22.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Donnerstag 23.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Freitag 24.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

1. Students will engage with critical writings that situate contemporary ecological issues at the intersection of historical and political economic currents.
2. Class presentations based on the two assigned ethnographies will encourage students to develop the skills of reading closely, presenting work to peers and leading class discussion.
3. This will also foster a deeper understanding of ethnographic research methods.
4. The written assignment will enable students to use class material as a springboard for pursuing research into issues of special concern to them.

Content:
This seminar will steer students through a course of reading that delineates anthropological perspectives on water, with particular emphasis on understandings that draw on the theoretical traditions of anthropological political economy and political ecology.

Method:
• Team presentation in class of the assigned ethnographies.
• Some lecturing, but emphasis on class discussion.
• A final research essay assignment.
• Attendance and prior reading of assigned texts is mandatory.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Distribution of marks:
Class presentation: 20%
Class discussion and engagement: 10%
Final essay: 70%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

All parts of the assessment have to be fulfilled.

• 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

Assorted articles and excerpts from books (to be confirmed).
These two ethnographies must be read in full:
Laura Bear, Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt along a South Asian River. 2015: Stanford University Press.
Andrea Ballestero, A Future History of Water. 2019: Duke University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 02.06.2022 15:29