Universität Wien

210065 SE BAK9: Political Theories and Research on Theories (2024S)

Institutions and counter-institutions: Political structures and democratic alternatives

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Mo 27.05. 18:30-20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 11.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 18.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 08.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 15.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 22.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 29.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 06.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 13.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 03.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 10.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 17.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Monday 24.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar aims to discuss activist counter-institutions designed by political movements and actors from the art field as spaces of political and democratic imagination. The initial aim is to take stock of the imaginative potential of counter-institutions and counter-institutional practices. One can think of protest camps, theater occupations and 'safe spaces', but also of initiatives such as the Pass-Egal-Wahl - a symbolic counter-institution that draws attention to the massive discrepancies between the demos with the right to participate and the local population - or Bruno Latour's théatre des negociations, which prefigures a radically expanded practice of political representation and dissolves the anthropocentric reservations of classical representation dispositives.
NB: The seminar discusses complex theoretical texts and accordingly requires the willingness for intensive preparation and independent reading.

Assessment and permitted materials

(1) Regular and active participation (max. three missing units) (20%).
- Attendance (max. 3 missing units) is a prerequisite for positive assessment, not a component of participation.
- Ungraded withdrawal from the course until 30.10.2023.
- Make sure you have a working email address. Please always confirm arrangements by mail.
(2) Written preparation of texts (online comments on Moodle) (20%).
- For every second text, short comments on the respective text are to be written on Moodle in a forum. (
- Submission: At the latest 12 hours before the respective unit.
- Approximately one third to one half A4 page
- Each reading commentary must contain three things:
1. at least one important quotation from the text
2. comments on at least one central concept
3. at least one question for joint discussion (comprehension question or further question).
- S. reading guide on Moodle!

(3) (Group) presentation (20%)
- Duration: maximum (!) 15 minutes
- Handout/presentation until Thursday before the unit by mail to the course instructor
- Structuring and preparation of the text for common, text-oriented reading and discussion (no mere retelling!)
- S. Guidelines for presentations on Moodle

(4) Seminar paper (40%)
- A seminar paper is to be written at the end of the course.
- Length: approx. 15 pages
- The paper should be a concise and independent examination of the texts and theories discussed in the seminar. (No mere "retelling"!) The seminar context as well as the state of discussion in the seminar are to be included.
- The papers correspond to the criteria of scientific (theoretical) work; they will be evaluated with regard to content and formal aspects. (Cf. Flatscher, Matthias/Posselt, Gerald/Weiberg, Anja: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Philosophiestudium. Vienna: facultas 2011. Please also follow the formatting instructions given there).
- Free choice of topics; relevant secondary literature must be cited after independent researchNB: The seminar discusses complex theoretical texts and accordingly requires the readiness for intensive preparation and independent reading.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

20% Collaboration
20% text comments
20% presentation
40% Seminar paper

Grading scale:
90-100% Very good
80-89% Good
70-79 % Satisfactory
51-69 % Sufficient
0-50 % Not sufficient

Examination topics

Examination-immanent course: The grade is composed of the partial performances participation, documented text reading, presentation and seminar paper (see above).

Reading list

The literature will be announced in the 1st unit

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 30.01.2024 16:26