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38064-01 - Seminar: Sociology of Knowledge - Issues in the Study of Africa (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2014 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Elisio Macamo (elisio.macamo@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The seminar introduces students to the history and development of the study of knowledge as a distinct field in sociology. It discusses the main authors and the traditions which they established through their work as well as the broad range of application offered by the sociology of knowledge. The main focus of the seminar consists however in encouraging students to bring the conceptual and theoretical tools of the sociology of knowledge to bear on the study of Africa. To this end, the seminar will concentrate its attention on science and technology but also on development policy as two fields that have particularly benefitted from the inputs of the sociology of knowledge. The main idea will be to stimulate students to view the study of knowledge as yet another perspective on the study of society and social action, particularly in the African context. |
| Lernziele | Students will be acquainted - with the history and development of the sociology of knowledge in general; - with the main authors in the field (Max Scheller, Karl Mannheim, Robert K. Merton, Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, etc.); Students will be made familiar with the main traditions in the sociology of knowledge and its broad range of application; Students will become competent in approaching issues (in the fields of society, culture, economy and politics) using conceptual tools from the sociology of knowledge. |
| Literatur | Berger, P. and Luckmann, T. 1966: The Social Construction of Reality – A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York. Anchor Books. Mannheim, K. 1985: Ideology and Utopia – An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge. London. Harcourt. Merton, R.K. 1973: The Sociology of Science – Theoretical and Empirical Investigations. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. Sitas, Arie 2014: Rethinking Africa’s sociology project. In Current Sociology, 1-15. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Basics: Sociology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Fields: Media and Imagination (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Regionalthemen 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 Wirtschaft, Wissen und Kultur (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wirtschaft, Wissen und Kultur (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2013)) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Students are expected to write three reading responses and make a presentation in class in the course of the semester. Additional points can be acquired through the completion of a seminar paper. |
| 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 Soziologie |