Universität Wien

240536 SE "Sehnsucht" and its siblings. Anthropological Perspectives (P4) (2020S)

2.50 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!
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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

Thursday 02.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Friday 03.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course we will look at theoretical approaches, histories, and ethnographic works that are concerned with different facets of longing. It introduces students to an wealthy area of the anthropology of emotions and proposes a framework for approaching it. We will be looking at the following aspects:
Day I:
- different conditions of longing, and the spatiality and temporality of longing
- historical and aesthetic genealogies of culturally specific notions, communities, and moral discourses of longing
Day II:
- the ethnographic relevance of practices and discourses of longing in unpacking social change and resistance, for understanding life under the regime of political or economic ideologies, and for asking questions about the good life
- methodological and poetic approaches to address the subject anthropologically

The module will have a dialogical character and will include creative methods.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participants of the course will pass the course:
* by submitting one of the following course works: an academic poster (A2, with references), essayistic podcast (5-10min, with script and literature list), a piece of ethnographic writing (1500 words plus 500 words on context and references), or an art work (visual art, sound art, performance, composition) plus description (2 pages plus references). A classical essay can also be submitted, if none of the above seems suitable. Students should announce their preference by the end of the short course.

* by attending to the full course and active participation in the classes

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance on both course dates and timely submission of the final course work are obligatory.

Course work: 50% of the mark
Course attendance: 50% of the mark

1 (sehr gut) 100-89 %
2 (gut) 88-76%
3 (befriedigend) 75-63%
4 (genügend) 62-50 %
5 (nicht genügend) 49-0%100

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). From winter term 2019/20 the plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used for courses with continuous assessment.

Examination topics

All theoretical, methodological, and empirical contents worked through during the module.

Reading list

A list of readings will be provided before the short course.

Association in the course directory

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