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240118 VO+UE VM3 / VM4 - Development in a Global South context (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The first class starts at 19:00 (Wednesday, October 4).

  • Wednesday 04.10. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 18.10. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 08.11. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 22.11. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 06.12. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 10.01. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Wednesday 24.01. 18:30 - 21:45 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the context of unequal conditions of knowledge production in the Global North and South, we revisit ideas and concepts regarding development - some lost or forgotten over the course of time, others transformed and re-emerged in recent years. Genuine contributions from Southern regions (Latin America, Asia and Africa) to the development discourse like conviviality, ethno-development, ubuntu, buen vivir and feminist perspectives will be critically analyzed.

Learning Outcomes
Awareness of the Global South debate on development and development studies.
• Evaluation of the validity of the criticisms regarding eurocentrism in the discourse on development.
• Ability to discuss the pros and cons of Global Southern efforts to indigenize the critique of development and its studies.

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance, assignments of small written exercises & participation 60%
Final essay (5-6 Pages) 40%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in class discussions, group presentations, and a final essay

Examination topics

Attendance, assignments of small written exercises & participation 60%
Final essay (5-6 Pages) 40%

Grading Scale:
1 (sehr gut, very good) 100-89 points
2 (gut, good) 88-76 points
3 (befriedigend, satisfactory) 75-63 Punkte
4 (genügend, sufficient) 62-50 points
5 (nicht genügend, failed) 49-0 points

Reading list

Illich, I. (1973). Tools for Conviviality, Fontana/Collins
Illich, I. (1992). Needs in: The Development Dictionary, ed. Wolfgang Sachs, Zed Books
Acosta, A., & Abarca, M. (2018). Buen Vivir: An Alternative Perspective from the Peoples of the Global South to the Crisis of Capitalist Modernity. In V. Satgar (Ed.), Climate Crisis, The: South African and Global Democratic EcoSocialist Alternatives (pp. 131-147). Wits University Press.

More literature will be provided on the learning platform moodle.

Association in the course directory

VM3 / VM4;

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