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56964-01 - Seminar: The Anthropology of Violence in Africa and beyond: A Critical Reflection (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2020 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Lucy Koechlin (lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Anthropology has long struggled with adequately capturing and conceptualising violence. This blind spot has been addressed in the last few decades, seeking to understand social and societal violence in more systemic ways. Influential contributions include Pierre Bourdieu's notion of "symbolic violence", i.e. invisible forms of violence that are underscored by dominant values, practices and structures. In the wake of the violent regional and national reconfigurations of the post-Cold War, anthropologists have turned their attention to developing concepts and methodologies to capture the meanings and interpretations of people engaged in and affected by violence. In addition, a growing body of work questions the role of anthropologists themselves as "silent witnesses" of violence, observing but not engaging. In this seminar, we will cut through conceptual distinctions and explore anthropologies of violence through a series of ethnographic texts. These are loosely chronological; the ethnographic material and the anthropological sense made of it are irritating and illuminating at the same time. |
| Literatur | Accomazzo, Sarah. 2012. Anthropology of Violence: Historical and Current Theories, Concepts, and Debates in Physical and Socio-cultural Anthropology. Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment 22(5): 535-552. Krohn-Hansen, Christian. 1994. The Anthropology of Violent Interaction. Journal of Anthropological Research 50(4): 367-381. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | The number of participants is limited to 30 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to the subjects listed under "modules". |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology) Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Ethnologie |