070273 UE Reading Course Contemporary History and Media (2022W)

Political Epistemologies (20th/21st Cent.)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 12.09.2022 09:00 to Mo 26.09.2022 14:00
Registration is open from We 28.09.2022 09:00 to Fr 30.09.2022 14:00
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2022 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Friedrich Cain

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 11.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 18.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 25.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 08.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 15.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 22.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 29.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 06.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 13.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 10.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 17.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 24.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 31.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 8, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this reading course we will discuss theoretical approaches to study “epistemologies” as systematic contexts of explaining the world. These contexts can (but do not have to) link very different areas from politics to ideology, cultural knowledge, nature, science, technology, the body and others to form specific modes of making sense of what surrounds us.
The course is based on critical readings of theoretical texts from cultural studies and adjacent fields. We will discuss how these approaches may (or may not) help to study “epistemologies” and the especially political or ideological factors they bear. Can they help to describe intrinsic qualities and specific, often hardly questioned demarcations or boundaries of these attempts to explain the world? We will reflect on the genuine heterogeneity of knowledge constellations and their historical indices rather than discredit politics and ideology from the outset as external, after-the-fact elements of knowledge.

Assessment and permitted materials

Seminar discussion based on regular, thorough reading; two written assignments during the semester (drafting, presentation and discussion).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance (basis); thorough preparation (reading, background research) and active participation in class (25%); introduction to one session (15%), two written papers submitted on time (60%).

Examination topics

Reading list