240026 VO The return of great power politics and "Realpolitik"? (3.3.1) (2023S)
Geopolitical discourses in social and cultural anthropology in the past and present
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Details
Language: German
Examination dates
- Tuesday 20.06.2023 15:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Monday 25.09.2023 12:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 22.11.2023 13:15 - 14:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 17.01.2024 13:15 - 14:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
- Tuesday 07.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 14.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 21.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 28.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 18.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 25.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 02.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 09.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 16.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 23.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 06.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Tuesday 13.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Understanding global interdependencies is impossible without basic geopolitical knowledge. Whether land grabbing, water resource distribution, (labour) migration flows, oil pipelines or urbanisation, all these developments also have spatial components that are relevant in political decision-making processes and follow long-term strategic, but also occasion-oriented tactical requirements of the respective state interests. Starting with classical geopolitics and the role of colonialism and imperialism in the 19th and early 20th centuries, modern approaches to critical geopolitics and geostrategy are discussed and reflected upon. When people speak of a "renaissance of geopolitics" today, it only makes clear that an examination of historical and contemporary concepts of geopolitics and geostrategy against the backdrop of current hegemonic claims is also relevant for the treatment of social and cultural anthropological topics in all parts of the world. Of course, the events since August 2021 will be analyzed with particular attention.
Assessment and permitted materials
One-hour written attendance examination at the end of the course in which four questions are asked and all four must be answered. If necessary, online (digital moodle) according to the pandemic-related conditions.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive assessment, 50% of the points must be achieved. (4 questions of 4 pts each; total 16 pts; positive from 9 pts).
The evaluation is based on a point system: 16 points are awarded. 0-8 points = insufficient; 9-10 points = sufficient; 11-12 points = satisfactory; 13-14 points = good; 15-16 points = very good.
The evaluation is based on a point system: 16 points are awarded. 0-8 points = insufficient; 9-10 points = sufficient; 11-12 points = satisfactory; 13-14 points = good; 15-16 points = very good.
Examination topics
1.) course content;
2.) Articles and book excerpts that are explicitly referenced (and partly made available on the moodle platform).
In the course, articles and books on the topic will be discussed, recommended and some of them will be named as examination material. On the moodle platform set up for this lecture, pdf's of articles will be made available, as well as the slides of the Power-Point presentations used.
2.) Articles and book excerpts that are explicitly referenced (and partly made available on the moodle platform).
In the course, articles and books on the topic will be discussed, recommended and some of them will be named as examination material. On the moodle platform set up for this lecture, pdf's of articles will be made available, as well as the slides of the Power-Point presentations used.
Reading list
– Kaplan, Robert D. (2013): The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate. New York: Random House.
– Slater, David (2004): Geopolitics and the Post-colonial. Rethinking North-South Relations. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
– Walton, Dale (2007): Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century. Multipolarity and the revolution in strategic perspective. London, New York: Routledge.
– Slater, David (2004): Geopolitics and the Post-colonial. Rethinking North-South Relations. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
– Walton, Dale (2007): Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century. Multipolarity and the revolution in strategic perspective. London, New York: Routledge.
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