Universität Wien

210168 SE M4: International Politics and Development (2023S)

Living and dying together with responsability: anthropocene, technocene and technological feminisms from the global south

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 05.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Friday 12.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Friday 02.06. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Friday 09.06. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Friday 16.06. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

"Living and dying together with responsability: anthropocene, technocene and technological feminisms from the global south".

Objective: Discuss several conceptual modulations of the notion of the anthropocene
and advance in the reconstruction of an epistemological proposal situated to address the problems that these macro-concepts illuminate.

Contents: Antropocene as a liminal and multiple concept. Capitalocene (Haraway, 2015), technocene (Costa, 2021), neganthropocene (Stiegler, 2019), chtlucene (Haraway, 2019). The feminist epistemologies, in particular intersectional technological feminisms from the global south and their value for research and political transformation. The decolonization of the category of nature through the recovery and valorization of indigenous ways of building relationships and connections with both territories and nature.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assesment: Short essay (3000 words, exluding the bibliography) that relates the contents of the course with their research interests. Attendance is required in all course units.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Method: expository classes and interactive participation in the seminar, to link the course information with the knowledge and interests of the attendees.

Examination topics

Reading list

Reading list:
The syllabus is provisional and may be subject to change

Braidotti, R. (2016). Posthuman critical theory. In Critical posthumanism and planetary futures (pp. 13-32). Springer, New Delhi.
Costa, F. (2021). Tecnoceno: algoritmos, biohackers y nuevas formas de vida. Taurus.
Crutzen, P. J. & Stoermer, E. f. (2000) The Anthropocene. Global Change Newsletter 41: 17-18
Haraway, D. (2015) "Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin", en Environm-ental Humanities, núm. 6, pp. 159-165.
Haraway, D. J. (2016). Staying with the trouble: Making kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press.
Latour, B. (2015) "Face to face with the planet. A new look at climate change far removed from apocalyptic positions".
Moore, J. W. (2014). The Capitalocene, Part II: Abstract Social Nature and the Limits to Capital (Unpublished paper). Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton University
The syllabus is provisional and may be subject to change
Wajcman, J. "Feminist theories of technology". En: Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 34, 2009, pp. 143–152.
 

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