Universität Wien

240087 KU GM3 - Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective (2024S)

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 11.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 18.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 08.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 15.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 22.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 29.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 06.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 13.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 03.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 10.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 17.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Monday 24.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar deals with key concepts and perspectives on development issues. The aim is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of development theories and debates evolved in the twentieth century. After successfully completing the course, students should have gained a critical understanding of development theories and be able to to recognize and evaluate corresponding arguments in scientific and political discourses.

The seminar adresses theories of imperialism, modernization, dependency and world-system-analysis, as well as neoliberal and feminist perspectives, anti-colonialism, decoloniality and post-development. The respective approaches are examined in their historical and ideological context and their central statements are analyzed with regard to historical limits, political conflicts and logical contradictions.

Methodologically, the course draws on various forms of text analysis, input presentations, group and plenary discussions as well as role plays.

Assessment and permitted materials

The assesssment includes:
Written homework (35%)
Impulse presentation (25%)
Seminar paper (40%)

The use of artificial intelligence for research purposes is permitted as part of the course. However, all written assignments must be produced by the students themselves. If there is any doubt about the authorship of the assignments, the course instructor reserves the right to conduct an oral assessment which must be successfully completed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

All parts of the course must be passed successfully. For a positive completion, a maximum of two unattended sessions is permitted. For assessment, the following grading scale will be used:

100-88 points: Very good
87-76 points: Good
75-64 points: Satisfactory
63-50 points: Sufficient
49-0 points: Failed

Examination topics

Reading list

Esteva, Gustavo (1993): Entwicklung. In: Sachs, Wolfgang (Hg.): Wie im Westen so auf Erden. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 89-121. Said, Edward (1978/2003): Orientalism. London: Penguin, 1-28.
Fanon, Frantz (1981): Die Verdammten dieser Erde. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.
Fischer, Karin et al. (2006): Entwicklung – eine Karotte, viele Esel? In: Fischer, Karin et al. (Hg.): Entwicklung und Unterentwicklung. Wien: Mandelbaum, 13-54.
Fischer, Karin/Hauck, Gerhard/Boatcă, Manuela (Hg. 2016): Handbuch Entwicklungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Frank, Andre Gunder (1966/2008): Die Entwicklung der Unterentwicklung. In: Fischer, Karin et al. (Hg.): Klassiker der Entwicklungstheorie. Wien: Mandelbaum, 147-167.
Getachew, Adom (2019): Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination. Princeton University Press.
Kößler, Reinhart (2004): Zwischen Ziel, Norm und Prozess. Gesellschaftstheoretische und politische Probleme des Begriffs „Entwicklung“. In: Gerlach, Olaf et al. (Hg.): Peripherie und globalisierter Kapitalismus. Frankfurt/M.: Brandes & Apsel, 51-76.
Quijano, Aníbal (2016): Kolonialität der Macht, Eurozentrismus und Lateinamerika. Wien/Berlin: Turia & Kant.
Rostow, Walt Whitman (1960/2008): Die fünf Wachstumsstadien – eine Zusammenfassung. In: Fischer, Karin et al. (Hg.): Klassiker der Entwicklungstheorie. Wien: Mandelbaum, 39-52.
Schmidt, Lukas/Schröder, Sabine (Hg. 2016): Entwicklungstheorien. Klassiker, Kritik und Alternativen. Wien: Mandelbaum.
Seers, Dudley (1974): Was heißt Entwicklung? In: Senghaas, Dieter (Hg.): Peripherer Kapitalismus. Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main, 39-67.
Wallerstein, Immanuel (2019): Welt-System-Analyse: Eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Ziai, Aram (2010): Die Peripherie der Sozialwissenschaften. In: Ataç, Ilker et al. (Hg.): Politik und Peripherie. Wien: Mandelbaum, 24-38.

The complete literature will be announced at the beginning of the semester. All texts will be available in Moodle.

Association in the course directory

GM3

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