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140410 VO+UE VM4 / VM6 - Dependencia and Anti-colonialism (2017S)

Key Texts from Latin America and the Caribbean

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

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 21.03. 18:00 - 21:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 04.04. 18:00 - 21:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 02.05. 18:00 - 21:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 16.05. 18:00 - 21:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 30.05. 18:00 - 21:00 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 13.06. 19:00 - 21:45 Seminarraum SG1 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course we will examine “the canon” of anti-colonial thought developed in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through a set of philosophical, sociological, historical, and political texts and selections of books ranging from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present.
We will try to gain a closer understanding of texts that stood the test of time and that a) are quoted frequently in the current social sciences debates,b) can be considered as seminal scholarship (landmark studies), and c) advanced arguments that have influence on our contemporary understanding of (post)colonialism, racism, resource extraction,
development, eurocentrism and identity.
Most of the texts are selections from books and will be provided as pdf files.
If possible, students are encouraged to read the books in their original languages.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in class discussions, group presentation and an essay - due four weeks after the last class session.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance, assignments of small written exercises & participation 60%
Final essay (5-6 Pages) 40%

Grading Scale:
1 = 87-100 % excellent (outstanding performance)
2 = 75-86 % good (generally good, but with some errors)
3 = 63-74 % satisfactory (generally sound work with a number of substantial errors)
4 = 50-62 % sufficient (performance meets the minimum criteria)
5 = 0 – 49 % unsatisfactory (< 50%; substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work)

Class attendance is required.

Examination topics

Reading list

Simon Bolivar, Letter from Jamaica, 1815
José Martí, Our America, 1891
C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins,New York,Vintage Books, 1963
Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, New York and London, Monthly Review Press, 1972.
Eric Williams, Capitalism and Slavery, UP of North Carolina, 1944.
Eduardo Galeano, The Open Veins of Latin America,
New York and London, Monthly Review Press, 1971.
Canclini, Nestor, Hybrid cultures: Strategies for entering and leaving modernity, University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Édouard Glissant, Selections from Caribbean Discourse, UP of Virginia, 1989.
More texts will be provided through moodle.

Association in the course directory

VM6, VM4; MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies, Module Exkursion und Global Studies (Modulteil Global Studies)

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