Universität Wien

240118 VO+UE VM1 / VM4 - Development in Post-Mao China (2024S)

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

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 19.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 09.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 16.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 23.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 30.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 07.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 14.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 21.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 28.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 04.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 11.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 18.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 25.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Since the early 1980s, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has consistently been one of the world’s fastest growing economies. These vast socioeconomic changes have complex implications for the PRC's diverse population, as well as for many communities around the world impacted by the expanding reach of Chinese development efforts.

This course will introduce students to the cultural, political and economic aspects of the PRC’s development agendas and practices. Drawing on theoretical, historical and ethnographic material, it will consider the contexts and contradictions of various processes of Chinese development (fazhan) and turn a critical eye on its discourses and practices. The PRC will serve as a case-study for a broader examination of theories conceptualising the relationships between transregional capitalist interests, changing practices of governance, and local communities.

By the end of the course, students will have gained a good understanding of theoretical approaches and debates surrounding development in China and will be able to apply/critique them in their own analytic writing.

Some of the themes addressed in this course will be:
Competing visions of China’s development
Migration and Urbanisation
Rural development/land reforms
Infrastructure and Industry
Development of China’s West/ethnic minority regions
Poverty, precarity and class
Chinese development abroad

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be required readings and short written assignments/homework (1/2 page) for each session. Working together in small groups, students will prepare questions/discussion prompts about the readings and facilitate group discussion for one of the week’s topics.

At the end of the course, students will be expected to submit a final essay (4-5 pages) addressing a question or discussing a statement provided by the lecturer. Students should not miss more than 2 classes unexcused. They will need to submit at least 70% of the short written assignments/homework and the final essay in order to pass.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should not miss more than 2 classes unexcused. They will need to submit at least 70% of the short written assignments/homework and the final essay in order to pass.

Regular attendance and participation in class (10%); preparation and facilitation of group discussion (20%); short written assignments/homework (40%); final essay (30%)

Examination topics

Reading list

Required readings will be announced in the first session.

Association in the course directory

VM1 / VM4;

Last modified: We 31.07.2024 12:06