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070201 SE Research Seminar Applied Global History (2024W)

Global History in Ethnographic Collections: Conservation and Restitution

10.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Fr 04.10. 11:45-14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The exact dates do not match those given above. They are set individually and, depending on the group size, are still subject to change.

Program (preliminary):
Oct 4 Organizational meeting UW 3hs
Oct 11 Discussion of the reading list literature. UW. 3hs
Oct 18 Visit to the Weltmuseum (WM),
with Claudia Augustat (CA) WM 6hs (mandatory!)
Nov 8 1st interim report – proposal UW 3hs
Nov 15 Research support WM 3hs
Nov 22 Research support WM 3hs
Nov 29 Research support WM 3hs
Dec Group meetings with MK UW 1,5 hs each
Three units in January (presentations, discussions, etc.)

  • Friday 11.10. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 18.10. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 25.10. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 08.11. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 15.11. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 22.11. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 29.11. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 06.12. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 13.12. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 10.01. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 17.01. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 24.01. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 31.01. 11:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Functions of Ethnographic Collections in the 21st Century
Applied research together with the Dra. Claudia Augustat (https://takingcareproject.eu/author/claudia-augustat) of the Vienna Worldmuseum.
Claudia Augustat studied ethnology, art history, and Indian art history at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and was awarded her PhD from the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. She worked at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt a.M. and at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin before she became the curator for South American Collections at the Weltmuseum Wien in 2004. Since 2019, she has been the project leader of “Taking Care. Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Places of Care”. Her research focuses on Amazonian collections from the 19th century, material culture and cultural memory, collaborative curatorship, and the decolonization of museum praxis.

World Cultures and Ethnographic Museums are the museums of our time in Europe. They are in the spotlight in a changing society, confronted with public discourse about the legacies of colonialism and the challenges of living together in a culture shaped by migration and globalization.
This applied research seminar will examine some ethnographic collections of the Weltmuseum, Wien, focusing on global material history (F. Braudel, etc.). Understanding natural objects includes thinking with landscape and considering “living nature” with a soul.
Method
A Research process coordinated in groups per topic leads to the description with object lists of a complete proposal for a special exhibition related to global history.

Assessment and permitted materials

Group- (team)work
Goal: Each group prepares a particular exhibition topic based on specific collections (general and specific descriptions, object lists, how it relates to global history and (or) global studies, etc.).
Continuous attendance, class participation, and individual meetings are indispensable for the seminar's success and count for 40% of the final grade.
Presentations and cross-readings of student fellows' work-in-progress writings count for 30%. The final paper, due on June 30, 2024, equals 30%.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Mind! The research seminar counts 10 ECTS. That means half the workload of a master's thesis or equals two seminars. Therefore, it is recommended that students concentrate on it and not take additional seminar-type courses. A limited number of lecture classes, excursions, and guided reading courses are acceptable in this regard.

Examination topics

Independent research work in and for a team.
To do your research in the Museum, you will have to buy a year pass (https://shop.khm.at/shop/detail?shop%5BshowItem%5D=200000000009121-T035-0) for unlimited excess. It costs EUR 27,-- for people 19-25 years old.

Reading list

Introductory reading:
Angela Saini. Superior. The return of race science. London: 4th ESTATE.

Mandatory reading:
Taking Care Project by Claudia Augustat et al.: https://takingcareproject.eu/author/claudia-augustat
AND https://www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/e2/68/68/oa9783839468487lv3GpkBfIFvlQ.pdf

Association in the course directory

Schwerpunkt: Globalgeschichte

MA Globalgeschichte & Global Studies (V2019): PM4 Forschungsmodul (10 ECTS)
MA Geschichte (V2019): PM 2/3 Forschungsseminar (10 ECTS)

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