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070138 VO StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking (2025W)
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Language: German
Lecturers
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- Tuesday 07.10. 16:45 - 20:00 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
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Tuesday
14.10.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32 -
Tuesday
21.10.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32 -
Tuesday
28.10.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal A UniCampus Zugang Hof 2 2F-EG-32 -
Tuesday
04.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9 -
Tuesday
11.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9 -
Tuesday
18.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9 -
Tuesday
25.11.
16:45 - 20:00
Hybride Lehre
Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The lecture introduces the basics of academic thinking in the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies. Objects, questions and approaches that make up historical and cultural studies thinking are presented. The concepts of culture and history and central terms such as space, time and actor are discussed. In addition, academics from individual institutes will present their work and their approach in order to provide an insight into the research fields of the disciplines.Two tutorial sessions will be held to supplement the lecture.
Assessment and permitted materials
The material presented in the lecture will be examined on the basis of recordings and PowerPoint presentations as well as basic and compulsory reading.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students know the basics of historical and cultural studies research as well as the different theoretical and methodological approaches of cultural studies disciplines.
Examination topics
Written module examination (5 ECTS) (multiple choice), 50% of the multiple choice questions must be answered in order to successfully complete the lecture.A Bonus points can be earned for additional voluntary work. The additional point only counts if the examination is passed.
Reading list
Edward S. Cooke, Jr., “Introduction”, in Global Objects. Toward a Connected Art History, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2022, S. 1-19.
Arlette Farge, “Traces by the Thousands” und “Gathering and Handling the Documents”, in The Allure of the Archive (1989), übersetzt von Thomas Scott Railton, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2013, S.1-17. und S. 53-78.
Saidiya Hartman, “Venus in Two Acts,” Small Axe, 12(2), Juni 2008, S. 1-14. (Trigger Warning)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The danger of the single story“, TED TALK, 2009, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmjKUDo7gSQ.
Antje Flüchter, “History: An Important but Potentially Dangerous part of the Humanities”, Forum Transregionale Studien, veröffentlicht 6. Mai 2021, Trafo, Blog for Transregional Research, online: https://trafo.hypotheses.org/28610.
Stuart Hall, “Whose Heritage? Un-settling ‘The Heritage’, Re-imagining the Post-nation,” Third Text, 13(49), 1999, S. 3-13.
Ingeborg Schemper-Sparholz, “Der Arkadenhof im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien: Ruhmeshalle, Geschichtsgalerie oder Campo Santo?” in Bundesdenkmalamt Wien und Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Wien (Hg.), Der Arkadenhof der Universität Wien und die Tradition der Gelehrtenmemoria in Europa, Wien Köln Weimar, Böhlau, 2018, S. 11-34.
Edward W. Said, „Introduction“, in Orientalism, New York, Vintage Book, 1979, S. 1-28.
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, “Introduction” und 1. Kapitel: “Imperialism, History, Writing, and Theory”, in Decolonizing Methodologies. Research and Indigenous People (1999), London und New York, ZED books, 2021, S. 1-47.
Madina Tslostanova, “What is Decoloniality?”, 3. Nov. 2023, Vortrag auf Youtube: Frije University Amsterdam, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mXCOj2SGs.
Arlette Farge, “Traces by the Thousands” und “Gathering and Handling the Documents”, in The Allure of the Archive (1989), übersetzt von Thomas Scott Railton, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2013, S.1-17. und S. 53-78.
Saidiya Hartman, “Venus in Two Acts,” Small Axe, 12(2), Juni 2008, S. 1-14. (Trigger Warning)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The danger of the single story“, TED TALK, 2009, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmjKUDo7gSQ.
Antje Flüchter, “History: An Important but Potentially Dangerous part of the Humanities”, Forum Transregionale Studien, veröffentlicht 6. Mai 2021, Trafo, Blog for Transregional Research, online: https://trafo.hypotheses.org/28610.
Stuart Hall, “Whose Heritage? Un-settling ‘The Heritage’, Re-imagining the Post-nation,” Third Text, 13(49), 1999, S. 3-13.
Ingeborg Schemper-Sparholz, “Der Arkadenhof im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien: Ruhmeshalle, Geschichtsgalerie oder Campo Santo?” in Bundesdenkmalamt Wien und Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Wien (Hg.), Der Arkadenhof der Universität Wien und die Tradition der Gelehrtenmemoria in Europa, Wien Köln Weimar, Böhlau, 2018, S. 11-34.
Edward W. Said, „Introduction“, in Orientalism, New York, Vintage Book, 1979, S. 1-28.
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, “Introduction” und 1. Kapitel: “Imperialism, History, Writing, and Theory”, in Decolonizing Methodologies. Research and Indigenous People (1999), London und New York, ZED books, 2021, S. 1-47.
Madina Tslostanova, “What is Decoloniality?”, 3. Nov. 2023, Vortrag auf Youtube: Frije University Amsterdam, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mXCOj2SGs.
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