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140372 SE VM5 / VM3 - Historical perspectives on disaster management and risk prevention (2017S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 13.02.2017 10:00 to We 22.02.2017 10:00
- Registration is open from Mo 27.02.2017 10:00 to Mo 06.03.2017 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2017 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 20.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Wednesday 05.04. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Wednesday 26.04. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Wednesday 03.05. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Wednesday 17.05. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Wednesday 24.05. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Wednesday 31.05. 15:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Term paper, presentation, discussion of a presentation, attendance and participation(no exam)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Term paper (40%)
Presentation (30%)
Discussion of a presentation (15%)
Attendance and participation (15%)Students need to be able to read, speak and write in English. Previous classes in history, development or humanitarian studies are an advantage, but not a condition.
Presentation (30%)
Discussion of a presentation (15%)
Attendance and participation (15%)Students need to be able to read, speak and write in English. Previous classes in history, development or humanitarian studies are an advantage, but not a condition.
Examination topics
The "naturalness" of disasters; questions of social behaviour, politics and inequality; the nation and state building; disaster diplomacy; disaster science, prevention and development; international management of disaster
Reading list
Recommended literature (a full reading list will be distributed during the first session and texts will be accessible on moodle)· Hannigan, John. Disasters without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2012.
· Janku, Andrea, Gerrit J. Schenk, and Franz Mauelshagen, eds. Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics. New York: Routledge, 2012.
· Kelman, Ilan. Disaster Diplomacy. New York: Routledge, 2012.
· Lebovic, Nitzan, and Andreas Killen, eds. Catastrophes: A History and Theory of an Operative Concept. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 2014.
· Svensen, Henrik. The End Is Nigh: A History of Natural Disasters. London: Reaktion, 2009.
· Walter, François. Katastrophen: eine Kulturgeschichte vom 16. bis ins 21. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2010 (also available in French).
· Janku, Andrea, Gerrit J. Schenk, and Franz Mauelshagen, eds. Historical Disasters in Context: Science, Religion, and Politics. New York: Routledge, 2012.
· Kelman, Ilan. Disaster Diplomacy. New York: Routledge, 2012.
· Lebovic, Nitzan, and Andreas Killen, eds. Catastrophes: A History and Theory of an Operative Concept. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 2014.
· Svensen, Henrik. The End Is Nigh: A History of Natural Disasters. London: Reaktion, 2009.
· Walter, François. Katastrophen: eine Kulturgeschichte vom 16. bis ins 21. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2010 (also available in French).
Association in the course directory
VM5; VM3
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35
It aims at critical examining disaster as a phenomenon that has environmental (and other) causes, yet is always socially constructed. How have perceptions of risk and explanation of disaster differed over time in western- and non-western societies? When did the management of natural disaster become a concern of the state? What role does natural disaster play in nation building and the cultural history of a state? And when did it become an international or even intergovernmental concern?