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240520 SE MM3 Identity, racism and living together in the city (2025W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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).
- Registration is open from Mo 01.09.2025 00:01 to Mo 22.09.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 20.10.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
UPDATE 23.09.2025: changed dates
- Wednesday 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Wednesday 15.10. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 22.10. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 05.11. 09:40 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 12.11. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 26.11. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
- Wednesday 10.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
The production and reproduction of collective identities stand at the heart of this course. The precise focus is on living, working and housing conditions in urban spaces. The seminar discusses identities as uneven processes of negotiation that are embedded in transnational and global contexts and yet they unfold in specific locations. A special focus lies on the renewed importance of digital communication for the renegotiation of identities in different collective spheres, such as the neighborhood, urban movements, etc. Participants will discuss interrelations among identity politics, racist stigmatization and changing individual as well as group identities. The course relates theoretical texts to various ethnographic examples from different geographical contexts. These perspectives are complemented by thematic excursions to Viennese neighborhoods. Several aspects will be debated, such, as the ethnicization of poverty, the link between racism and gentrification processes, territorial stigmatization, migration, new forms of urban citizenship, gender, etc. It is the aim to foster an anthropological understanding for the political dimension of contemporary processes of identity building in urban contexts.The course consists of blocks in which texts are presented and discussed - both in plenary sessions and in small groups. On several block sessions, the texts are supplemented by short thematic excursions to Viennese neighborhoods. If possible, an excursion to a small industrial town in Lower Austria will take place on one of the blocks.
Assessment and permitted materials
Attendance, active participation in the seminar, presentation on a selected text from the compulsory literature, seminar paper on a selected topicAll aids that comply with the basic principles of academic work and pass the plagiarism check are permitted for all partial deliveries.The minimum requirement is participation in a presentation, submission of a written paper as specified by the course instructor and attendance at the seminar. Participation in the first session is mandatory (admission to the course, group formation). This course requires regular attendance by participants for discussion of presentations, literature and input from the course instructor. Absence from one of the block sessions is permitted. Repeated absences without an urgent reason will result in a negative grade. Deadline for submission of the seminar paper: 15.2.2026
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
• Active participation in the discussions (10% of the assessment)
• Preparation of the recommended compulsory literature for the individual blocks and presentation in small groups (30% of the assessment)
• Written paper on the topic presented (60% of the assessment)Highest achievable score: 100 points; 0-60 points: Grade 5; 61-70 points: Grade 4; 71-80 points: Grade 3; 81-90 points: Grade 2; 91-100 points: Grade 1
• Preparation of the recommended compulsory literature for the individual blocks and presentation in small groups (30% of the assessment)
• Written paper on the topic presented (60% of the assessment)Highest achievable score: 100 points; 0-60 points: Grade 5; 61-70 points: Grade 4; 71-80 points: Grade 3; 81-90 points: Grade 2; 91-100 points: Grade 1
Examination topics
Continuous assessment course (see assessment criteria above); there will be no final exam.
Reading list
The complete bibliography ( compulsory reading and further reading) will be provided in the first session and on Moodle.Greene, Ricardo (2024). The conquest of the suburbs: racial purification in Argentine gated communities. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(10), 2132-2152.Rai, Rohini (2023). Racializing space, spatializing “race”: racialization, its urban spatialization, and the making of “Northeastern” identity in “world class” Delhi. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(15), 3271-3292.Huq, E., & Miraftab, F. (2020). “We are all refugees”: Camps and informal settlements as converging spaces of global displacements. Planning Theory & Practice, 21(3), 351-370.Feldman, Ilana (2015). What is a camp? Legitimate refugee lives in spaces of long-term displacement. Geoforum, 66, 244-252.Balibar, Etienne (2007). Uprisings in the Banlieues. Constellations (Oxford, England), 14(1), 47–71Lafazani, Olga (2024). Residing (at) the border: ethnographies of precarious homes and internal borders. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-21.Rucks-Ahidiana, Z. (2022). Theorizing gentrification as a process of racial capitalism. City & Community, 21(3), 173-192.Kadıoğlu, Defne (2024). Producing gentrifiable neighborhoods: Race, stigma and struggle in Berlin-Neukölln. Housing Studies, 39(6), 1444-1466.Wodak, Ruth (2020). The language of walls: inclusion, exclusion, and the racialization of space. In Routledge international handbook of contemporary racisms (pp. 160-177). Routledge.Karasz, Daniele (2022). The spatial dimension of shifting commonsensical understandings: “Our” spaces and “their” spaces in a Viennese neighborhood in the aftermath of the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. Dialectical Anthropology, 46(4), 437-455.Exkursion Favoriten
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