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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Katharina Heitz Tokpa (k.heitz@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | After the Second World War, development became a major global paradigm that in its various forms and guises continues to shape policies and societies worldwide. The aim of the course is to look at how anthropologists have engaged with development – as critics, development experts and as ethnographers of social change more generally – and to get an informed understanding of these different positions and contexts (Li 2013). The relationship between anthropology and development has never been an easy one. We will discuss, for instance, the seminal work of James Ferguson (1990) and Arturo Escobar (1995) who criticise the “development apparatus” as a new form of imperialism. However, other anthropologists have also worked as policy makers and development workers contributing to development programmes. The role of anthropologists is often to provide detailed local knowledge about societies with the aim to design more setting-specific interventions that are likely to have more success with the population. We will discuss ethical implications for researcher providing that knowledge. Some anthropologists have reflected on their own experiences as development experts, for instance, Richard Rottenburg (2009) and David Mosse (2005). Through their texts, we are able to gain insights into the practices of development experts and the dilemmas they face in their everyday work. Some of the topics we will explore in more detail include the notion of poverty, community participation and the proliferation of NGOs. The seminar will also raise methodological issues and discuss some of the common data collection methods used in development work with anthropological origins, such as Participatory Rural Appraisal (RRA). At the heart of the course are ethnographies of social change that show to what extent development interventions shape societies in the global South (Li 2007). Beyond hegemonic discourses, however, the course asks how different actors have appropriated development projects and used them for their own purposes (Bierschenk 2014). |
| Literatur | Bierschenk, Thomas (2014): From the Anthropology of Development to the Anthropology of social engeneering. In: Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 139: 73–98. Escobar, Arturo (1995): Encountering development. The making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Ferguson, James (1990): The anti-politics machine. Development, depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho. Cambridge: Cambridge University. Li, Tania Murray (2007): The will to improve. Governmentality, development, and the practice of politics. Durham: Duke University Press. Li, Tania Murray (2013): Anthropological Engagements with Development. In: Anthropologie & développement, 37-38-39: 227–235. Mosse, David (2005): Cultivating development. An ethnography of aid policy and practice. London: Pluto Press. Rottenburg, Richard (2009): Far-fetched facts. A parable of development aid. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 30 Personen beschränkt. Die Plätze werden nach Anmeldedatum und Studienfachzugehörigkeit vergeben. Vorrang haben die Studierenden der unter "Module" aufgelisteten Studienfächer/-gänge. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Fields: Environment and Development (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Forschungsfelder der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Internationales Zusatzwissen (Masterstudium: European Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.02.2015)) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Sachthemen (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften |