Universität Wien

140245 SE T I - Post-Development Theory and Practice (2009W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Termine:
Montag, 12.10.2009, 12:00-15:00
Montag, 09.11.2009, 12:00-15:00
Montag, 23.11.2009, 12:00-15:00
Montag, 07.12.2009, 12:00-15:00
Montag, 11.01.2009, 12:00-15:00
Montag, 25.01.2009, 12:00-15:00
Ort: Institut für Afrikawissenschaften, SR IE
+ ein Zusatztermin:
Mittwoch 28.10.2009, 12:00-15:00, Seminarraum 2

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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Post-development approaches fundamentally reject ‚development’ as a eurocentric construct and as the instrument of economic and cultural imperialism. The course will introduce post-development approaches as well as critiques of their ideas.

Assessment and permitted materials

Seminar paper, presentation, abstracts.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aim of the course is a well-founded evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of different post-development approaches.

Examination topics

Discussion and comparison of primary and secondary literature, presentations of case studies.

Reading list

Sachs, Wolfgang (ed.) 1992: The development dictionary. A guide to knowledge as power. London: Zed Books.
Escobar, Arturo 1995: Encountering Development. The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Rahnema, Majid (ed.) 1997: The Post-Development Reader. London, Zed Books.
Ziai, Aram (ed.) 2007: Post-Development: Theory and Practice, Problems and Perspectives.
A reader will be provided by the beginning of term.

Association in the course directory

T I

Last modified: Tu 19.11.2024 00:11