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180231 LPS Decolonial Theory (2024W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 45 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

21st October
28th October
4th November
11th November
18th November
at Lange Gasse 11, 1080 Vienna from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m

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Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This is a basic introduction to modern colonialism and how it is shaping our world today. We attempt to understand its impact on the colonised as well as, the colonisers. In addition, we try to understand aspects and limits of colonial knowledge systems and through this, critically investigate our own practices and surroundings. We will be reading some significant thinkers of colonialism, coloniality and post & de-colonialism from diverse positionalities and perspectives. We will engage with the basic concepts of decoloniality, breaking the eurocentric cannon, epistemic disobedience and decolonial methodologies in philosophical work and living practices.

Assessment and permitted materials


This is an introductory-level, continuously assessed course for students interested in philosophical thinking, writing and other creative applications of it. The focus is on being able to effectively read-interpret, respond-argue and extend-write. At the end of the course the students should be able to demonstrate the ability to engage with the texts in an investigative manner, to produce a critical response to it and to apply it to their own practice and thinking in whichever area or subject they choose.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1. Attend the course consistently
2. Ongoing engagement with the texts and in class assignments
3. Final Essay

Examination topics

There is no exam. Critical reading and writing. Final Paper Submission.

Reading list

Trojanow, I., & Hoskote, R. (2012). Confluences: Forgotten histories from East and West. Yoda Press. Chapter 1 and 2

Walter D Mignolo “Introduction and Chapter 1 from The Darker Side of Western Modernity. Global Futures, Decolonial Options, Duke University Press, 2011

Freud and the Non-European ; Authors, Edward W. Said, Jacqueline Rose ; Contributors, Jacqueline Rose, Christopher Bollas.

Freire, P. (2017). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Penguin Classics.

Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (London: Pluto Press, 1986), Chapter 1 & Chapter 5.

Benno Glauser “Being Indigenous: the concept of indigeneity, a conversation with two Ayoreo leaders” in Sita Venkateswar and Emma Hughes ed. The Politics of Indigeneity. Dialogues and reflections on Indigenous Activism Zed Books, 2011

Lear, J. (2006). Radical hope: Ethics in the face of cultural devastation. Harvard University Press.

Short Story: Toba Tek Singh by Sadat Hassan Manto

Robinson, Dylan. 2020. Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

(Texts are subject to class discussion and change)

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