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74378-01 - Seminar: Danger and Security: Ethnographies of Humanitarianism in the New Global Order (3 KP)

Semester Frühjahrsemester 2025
Angebotsmuster unregelmässig
Dozierende Serena Dankwa (serena.dankwa@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Inhalt This course examines the entangled relationships between discourses of danger, security, and humanitarianism in the contemporary global order, where the borders between humanitarian aid, development work and state-building are increasingly blurred. In particular it focuses on the gendered and racialized dynamics of humanitarian feminist interventions in the field of combatting “gender-based violence.” The course is informed by a growing body of anthropological research on securitization as a new governance model in which security is articulated through human and women’s rights. Among others, this model invites national publics and civil society actors to police individual perpetrators, while “rescuing” victims of intimate gender violence.

We will explore how ethnographies illuminate the lived experiences and the moral complexities of intervening against gender violence and human trafficking in particular. Given the unexpected alliances between (carceral) feminists and far-right parties targeting migrant and illegalized sex workers, it will also attend to the challenges faced by feminist NGOs who seek to resist becoming the prolonged arm of state securitization. Through case studies, theoretical readings, and ethnographic accounts, students will critically assess how danger is constructed and how security is practiced in contexts such as safe houses, women’s shelters, and refugee camps with a special focus on postcolonial Europe.
Lernziele By the end of the course, students will:
1. Analyze key anthropological theories on securitization and feminist humanitarianism.
2. Critically engage with ethnographic case studies in the field of gender-based violence.
3. Examine the intersections of governance, policing, and lived experiences of victim aid.
4. Develop analytical skills to assess the complexities of feminist interventions in contemporary global politics and to explore constructions danger and security.
Literatur TBD
Possible Readings: Inderpal Grewal, Lila Abu-Lughod, Rema Hammami, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Faten Khazaei, Didier Fassin, Paul Amar, Lisa Malkki, Diya Bose, Miriam Ticktin, Martina Tazzioli, Nicola Mai, Jennifer Musto, Saida Hodzic.
Bemerkungen The number of participants is limited to 25 students. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment, subject of study (subjects listed under "modules") and possibly a letter of motivation.

 

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen No previous knowledge of security discourses are required, but previous knowledge in gender and postcolonial studies is highly advantageous. The course requires a willingness to read deeply and independently, to be moved by the readings and to engage with the activist traditions in which they may be set. The seminar is aimed at advanced BA students (from 4th semester onwards) and MA students with good English language skills and the readiness to read a lot!
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Einsatz digitaler Medien kein spezifischer Einsatz

 

Intervall Wochentag Zeit Raum
14-täglich Mittwoch 10.15-14.00 Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum

Einzeltermine

Datum Zeit Raum
Mittwoch 26.02.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Mittwoch 12.03.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Mittwoch 26.03.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Mittwoch 09.04.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Mittwoch 23.04.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Mittwoch 07.05.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Mittwoch 21.05.2025 10.15-14.00 Uhr Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum
Module Modul: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources )
Modul: Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie)
Modul: Fields: Environment and Development (Master Studiengang: African Studies)
Modul: Fields: Public Health and Social Life (Master Studiengang: African Studies)
Modul: The Urban across Disciplines (Master Studiengang: Critical Urbanisms)
Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master Studienfach: Anthropology)
Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie)
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Masterstudium: European Global Studies)
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies)
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (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 beliebig wiederholbar
Zuständige Fakultät Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch
Anbietende Organisationseinheit Fachbereich Ethnologie

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