240086 SE State and Economics (P4) (2012W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Compulsory attendance in the first unit!
Registration/Deregistration
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 Sa 01.09.2012 00:01 to Su 23.09.2012 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 14.10.2012 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
11.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday
25.10.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday
06.12.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday
13.12.
15:00 - 18:15
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday
17.01.
11:30 - 18:15
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Friday
18.01.
11:30 - 18:15
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The marking will be a combination of active participation, of the short presentation and the long paper – which will have to be ready before the final sessions. Feedback will be given to the presentation and paper in the very final session. Presence in the final sessions (presentations and feedback) is a must.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Each student will produce a paper, or a contribution to a larger paper of around 6.000 words, and in the final sessions, a short presentation of the main ideas of max. 20 minutes will be expected.
Reading list
See the first session
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39
If we look back at the beginning of globalization studies in anthropology, and other social sciences, there was a an expression of “uncertainty” which was positively linked to the possibility of new social formations – e.g. Appadurai’s concept of “global cultural economy” and imagination as a characteristic of social life. Today, uncertainty is rather connected to disquiet and fear …
Students attending the seminar will be encouraged to consider present conflicts in the context of media, and to analyse them with present theories of the fields mentioned above.
Active participation is a sine qua non.