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240518 SE MM3 Decolonial peace: (Post) armed conflict practices of well being and hope (2026W)

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

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
Tu 20.10. 15:00-18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 27.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 03.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 17.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 01.12. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Tuesday 15.12. 15:00 - 18:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course addresses the varied forms of social and citizen action that seek and produce well-being and hope in contexts of (ongoing) violence. We will focus on Latin American experiences of conflict and post-conflict from a decolonial approach.

We will study forms of political violence and citizen forms of resistance, reparation and hope that have taken place in various geographies and historical moments across Latin America. We will attend to scholarship production as well as varied forms and expressions of popular culture that provide a vantage point for addressing these issues.

Method:
The course is intended as a space for debate that arises from the careful reading of the material required for each week. Each session consists of a). Discussion of the literature, b). Presentation of a case study, c). class exercises. To enhance discussions, students are to present the literature meant for each session.

Students will submit one essay on the topics discussed in class.

Likewise, each student must hand in an individually selected empirical paper on the topic of the SE.

Assessment and permitted materials

For a positive completion of the seminar, the students must provide the following partial achievements:
• One essay at the end (deadline: January 31st, 2025): 25 points
• Individually selected empirical paper/video on the topic of the SE course: 25 points.
• Presentation of the literature will be assessed: 25 points.
• Final reflexion: 25 points

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course will be taught in English and examinations will be in English.
Students are expected to have read all the texts to be discussed in the course before the respective session. The reading of English-language texts is a prerequisite.

Prerequisites for a positive completion of the course are:
• Thorough reading of the literature
• Comprehensive presentation of the literature (in groups)
• Active and continuous participation during the sessions
• Participation in discussions and group work
• Punctual submission of the written work
1 (sehr gut) > 100-89 points
2 (gut) > 88-76 points
3 (befriedigend) > 75-63 Punkte
4 (genügend) > 62-50 points
5 (nicht genügend) > 49-0 points

Examination topics

There will be no exams

Reading list

Preliminary reading list:
Cronin-Furman, Kate, and Roxani Krystalli. "The things they carry: Victims’ documentation of forced disappearance in Colombia and Sri Lanka." European Journal of International Relations 27, no. 1 (2021): 79-101.
Gatti, Gabriel. "Imposing identity against social catastrophes. The strategies of (Re) generation of meaning of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Argentina)." Bulletin of Latin American Research 31, no. 3 (2012): 352-365.
Gatti, Gabriel, and Valérie Robin Azevedo. "Inhabiting Mourning." Bulletin of Latin American Research (2020).
Krystalli, Roxani, and Philipp Schulz. "Taking Love and Care Seriously: An Emergent Research Agenda for Remaking Worlds in the Wake of Violence." International Studies Review 24, no. 1 (2022).
Martínez Mejía, Fátima Esther and Nelson Andrés Ortiz Villalobos. "The leadership of the Vicariate of Solidarity during the dictatorship in Chile (1973–1990)." In Peace, Reconciliation and Social Justice Leadership in the 21st Century. Emerald Publishing Limited, (2019).
Olarte-Sierra, M.F. and Pérez-Bustos, T., 2020. Careful speculations: Toward a caring science of forensic genetics in Colombia. Feminist Studies, 46(1), pp.158-177.
Paley, Dawn. "Living, Dead, Disappeared: In northern Mexico, mothers of the disappeared spur land searches and spark change." NACLA Report on the Americas 50, no. 4 (2018): 381-385.
Richters, Annemiek. "Violence, health and human rights: Challenges for medical anthropology." Medische Antropologie 16, no. 1 (2004): 157-181.
We will make use of other material that includes songs and videos

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