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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2024 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Lucy Koechlin (lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Epistemic disobedience is both a theoretical concept as well as a rallying cry for meaningful decolonial politics of knowledge. As a concept, it was coined by Walter Mignolo’s “Epistemic Disobedience and the Decolonial Option: A Manifesto” (2011), building on pluri-versal decolonial thinking of the last decades, indeed the last centuries. Epistemic disobedience allows us to think about knowledge-making that is liberated from an imperial structure of belief and truth: liberated from the Western “monocultures of the mind” (Vandana Shiva 1993) that classify knowledge, bodies, practices shaped by a (post)colonial matrix of power. The decolonial option means politically and epistemically de-linking from the hegemonic power/knowledge discourse. However, the concept of epistemic disobedience goes well beyond the body of decolonial critique. Mignolo argues passionately for decolonial thinking that places human lives and life in general first – local experiences, practices, knowledges, aspirations, needs that underpin dignified lives and meaningful well-being. This is the condensed backdrop of this seminar, upon which we will dwell in more depth in the course of the semester. The aim of the seminar is twofold: firstly, to understand the concept of epistemic disobedience and de-linking more fully; and, secondly, to develop practical approaches to epistemic disobedience. Subsequently, the first half of the seminar is devoted to texts engaging with selected aspects of epistemic disobedience, providing us with the analytic tools to think about epistemic de-linking in more discerning ways. In the second half of the semester we will be concentrating on practicing epistemic disobedience, starting with our own knowledge-making practices and extending it to different fields of knowledge. |
| Lernziele | (1) to understand the concept of epistemic disobedience and decolonial de-linking more fully (2) to develop practical approaches to epistemic disobedience |
| Literatur | Mignolo, Walter. 2009. Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought, and De-colonial Freedom. In: Theory, Culture & Society 26(7–8): 159–181. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276409349275 Mignolo, Walter. 2011. Epistemic Disobedience and the Decolonial Option: A Manifesto. In: Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 1(2): 44–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/T412011807 |
| Bemerkungen | Please contact me under lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch if you have any questions about the course programme or assignments. You must contact me if you are unable to take part in the first session of Monday, 26th of February. |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | The number of participants is limited to 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Montag | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Montag 26.02.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 04.03.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 11.03.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 18.03.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 25.03.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 01.04.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ostern |
| Montag 08.04.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 15.04.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 22.04.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 29.04.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 06.05.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 13.05.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Montag 20.05.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Pfingstmontag |
| Montag 27.05.2024 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Module |
Modul: Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Methods for Analyzing Changing Societies (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Praktiken (Master Studiengang: Kulturtechniken) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte in globaler Perspektive ) Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Course assignments as well as the course programme will be discussed in the first session on Monday, 26th of February. Please contact me if you are unable to take part in the first session! |
| 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 Ethnologie |