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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2017 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende |
Livia Boscardin (livia.boscardin@unibas.ch)
Claudia Wilopo (claudia.wilopo@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Militant research – also called participatory action or engaged research – tries to bridge academia and activism while trying to critically analyse the society we live in. It questions not only the researcher's objectivity, positionality, and the value-loadedness of science and knowledge as such, but also the position of the university within our society. The goal of militant research is to bring about change by creating “living knowledge.” Hence, it is intrinsically normative, and clashes with traditional approaches to “objective,” “neutral” science. A further challenge to traditional research, its exclusivity, egocentricity, and hierarchy is the participatory, collaborative, and egalitarian nature of militant research. This seminar is an interdisciplinary introduction to militant research in the social sciences, and the methods and theories associated with it. Militant research works in and with the movements and peoples it is concerned with. It is a committed and intense process of internal reflection from within a particular struggle that simultaneously seeks to map out and discuss its underlying antagonisms, and contribute to its advancement. This seminar will discuss the history of militant research, conceptualise the different methodologies and critically discuss their benefits, challenges, and limitations by questioning the relationship between theory and practice, university research and social impact, as well as militant research and political participation. The seminar participants will present and study selected militant research case studies, with possible topics ranging from anti-gentrification struggles, community self-organization, feminist collectives, the squatting movement, radical art, or animal liberation. The course will further examine the process of doing militant research with an emphasis on the ethics, positionality, and subjectivity of the researcher her/himself. Ethical questions focusing on the researcher’s agency, integrity and confidentiality will be discussed. Antagonisms of the position of researchers from both inside the university and as a member of society will be explored by asking questions such as: - How do we position ourselves within university and society structures? - Why are we doing research? For what purpose? For whom? Is someone (or something) benefiting from our academic knowledge? - What roles do our sources of funding play in our research and study processes? - What privileges allow us to become researchers/students? How do these factors shape our outlook /choice of subjects? - How do our epistemological and ontological views influence our research? - What are the methodological (i.e., ethnographic), theoretical, and personal challenges of navigating between an academic and activist positionality? |
| Lernziele | Students - know what militant research is, understand its histories and the techniques associated with it, - acquired theories and methods of militant research, - know the limits of traditional approach of research and the benefits, challenges and limits of militant research, - know when, where and how it may be appropriate to employ militant and methods, - acquired detailed knowledge about different case studies using militant research, - experienced group discussions, hand-out design and oral presentation, - practiced self-aware and decentralised way of learning, debating and conducting research. |
| Literatur | Bookchin N, Brown P, Ebrahimian S, colectiv Enmedio, Juhasz A, Martin L, MTL, Mirzoeff N, Ross A, Saab A.J, Sitrin M (eds) (2013) Militant Research Handbook. New York University. Available at: www.visualculturenow.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MRH_Web.pdf [Accessed 21 July 2016]. Fuller D and Kitchen R (eds) (2004) Radical Theory, Critical Praxis: Making a Difference Beyond the Academy? Praxis E-Press. Available at http://www.praxis-epress.org/rtcp/contents.html [Accessed 21 July 2016]. Halvorsen S (2015) Militant research against-and-beyond itself: critical perspectives from the university and Occupy London. Area 47(4 ) pp. 466-472. Kindon S, Pain R and Kesby M (eds) (2007) Participatory action research approaches and methods: connecting people participation and place. London: Routledge. McNiff J and Whitehead J (2005) All You Need To Know About Action Research. London: Sage. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul "Research Lab" Kulturanthropologie (Master Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie) Modul Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Methoden der Geschlechterforschung: Kulturwissenschaftliche Methoden (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschlechterforschung) Modul Methoden und Felder der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie) Modul Schrift (Theorien, Methoden und Perspektiven der Analyse schriftlicher Kultur) (Bachelor Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Schrift 2 (Theorien, Methoden und Perspektiven der Analyse schriftlicher Kultur) (Master Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Wort (Theorien, Methoden und Perspektiven der Analyse mündlicher Kultur) (Bachelor Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Wort 2 (Theorien, Methoden und Perspektiven der Analyse mündlicher Kultur) (Master Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Wahlbereich Bachelor Soziologie: Empfehlungen (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Wahlbereich Bachelor Soziologie: Empfehlungen (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Active participation, presentation of case study, design of hand-out |
| 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 | Fachbereich Soziologie |