Universität Wien

240186 SE Cosmopolitans and the Comfort of Becoming (P4) (2014W)

Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!

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. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 14.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 11.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 09.12. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 27.01. 13:15 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Wednesday 28.01. 13:15 - 20:00 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Ulf Hannerz published in 1991 an article on comsopolitans, as a reflection what the notion may mean in the time of globalization. It raised several critical reflections, and a lot was published afterwards to the topic. Today, we can broadly differentiate between three main trends: (a) a reflection based on the philosophical concept of 'wprld citizen; (b) an empirical approach that studies how people actually do live and experience today, and (c) regional variations of what the notion may mean beyond any Eurocentric perspectives.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final mark will be structured according:
(a) final paper;
(b) active participation;
(c) presentation in the seminar

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The seminar scrutinizes and discusses these different approaches to the notion of cosmopolitan and cosmopolitanism.
- Improving academic style of discussion and debates;
- To train the writing of academic papers;
- To train how a topic may be presented in a short time.

Examination topics

interactive teaching, student presentations, and debates ...

Reading list

Literature will be provided at the first meeting.

Association in the course directory

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