230121 SE Selected Paradigms: Towards an Understanding of the Emergence and Development of the Corona Pandemic (2021S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Tu 02.02.2021 00:01 to Mo 22.02.2021 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 20.03.2021 23:59
Details
max. 36 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 05.03. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
- Friday 19.03. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Friday 16.04. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Friday 23.04. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
- Friday 30.04. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
- Friday 07.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
- Friday 21.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Friday 28.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
- Friday 11.06. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
- Friday 18.06. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
- Friday 25.06. 09:00 - 10:30 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- Submission of a portfolio of accomplished tasks (e.g. reading of selected texts and journal articles and answering related questions).
- Submission of a discussion paper (3.500-5.000 words) in which you reflect upon the Corona situation with reference to one (or two) theoretical concept(s) discussed throughout the semester (including at least 5 literature resources)Important Grading Information:
If not explicitly noted otherwise, all requirements mentioned in the grading scheme must be met.
If a required task is not fulfilled, this will be considered as a discontinuation of the course. In that case, the course will be graded as ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the task on the student's side (e.g. a longer illness).
In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading.
Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as ‘not assessed’ and will be entered into the electronic exam record as ‘fraudulently obtained’.
The plagiarism-detection service (Turnitin in Moodle) can be used in course of the grading: Details will be announced by the lecturer.
- Submission of a discussion paper (3.500-5.000 words) in which you reflect upon the Corona situation with reference to one (or two) theoretical concept(s) discussed throughout the semester (including at least 5 literature resources)Important Grading Information:
If not explicitly noted otherwise, all requirements mentioned in the grading scheme must be met.
If a required task is not fulfilled, this will be considered as a discontinuation of the course. In that case, the course will be graded as ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the task on the student's side (e.g. a longer illness).
In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading.
Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as ‘not assessed’ and will be entered into the electronic exam record as ‘fraudulently obtained’.
The plagiarism-detection service (Turnitin in Moodle) can be used in course of the grading: Details will be announced by the lecturer.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- Attendance in the SE (two absences are tolerated)
- Submission of the portfolio - 50% of the final grade
- Submission of the discussion paper - 50% of the final grade
Both the portfolio and the discussion paper have to be positive to complete the course.
- Submission of the portfolio - 50% of the final grade
- Submission of the discussion paper - 50% of the final grade
Both the portfolio and the discussion paper have to be positive to complete the course.
Examination topics
Readings, theoretical concepts taught and discussed throughout the semester, personal notes
Reading list
The theoretical literature will be in English; additional text material (interviews, press reports, etc.) may also be in German.
(Selected) Literature:
Hay, C. 2002: Beyond Structure and Agency, Context versus Conduct, Political Analysis - A Critical Introduction, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 89-134.
Hay, C. 2002: The Discursive and the Ideational in Contemporary Political Analysis: Beyond Materialism and Idealism, Political Analysis - A Critical Introduction, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 194-215.
Le Bon, G.: The Crowd: a study of the popular mind. Kindle Edition
Sayer, A. 2000: Introducing Critical Realism, Realism and Social Science, London: Sage, 1-28.
(Selected) Literature:
Hay, C. 2002: Beyond Structure and Agency, Context versus Conduct, Political Analysis - A Critical Introduction, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 89-134.
Hay, C. 2002: The Discursive and the Ideational in Contemporary Political Analysis: Beyond Materialism and Idealism, Political Analysis - A Critical Introduction, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 194-215.
Le Bon, G.: The Crowd: a study of the popular mind. Kindle Edition
Sayer, A. 2000: Introducing Critical Realism, Realism and Social Science, London: Sage, 1-28.
Association in the course directory
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Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:20
In the attempt to develop an understanding of the emergence and development of the Corona pandemic and related countermeasures (such as extreme social distancing and lockdowns), this seminar will look at the complex interdependencies between political, economic, cultural, historic, geographic... processes and factors.
Content
We will engage in the theoretical discussion of analytical controversies such as the structure-agency-debate and the materialism-idealism debate. Much emphasis will also be on the key contribution of discourses, and ideas more generally, to the shaping of social structures and strategies in different contexts and at different spatial scales (i.e., at the local, national, and global scale). Based on our observations and experiences throughout the Corona pandemic, we will put these theoretical reflections into practice - in the hope they can provide us with a broader and deeper understanding of social phenomena as complex as the emergence and development of a pandemic.
Methods
Critical discussion of selected readings (journal articles, book chapters) and other text material (newspaper articles, documentaries, etc.) and related theoretical concepts, definitions, etc.; group work (discussions in class and in small groups; presentation).