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43314-01 - Vorlesung: Global Debates, Eurocentrism and Methodology (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2026 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Frühjahrsem. |
| Dozierende |
Niamh Christine O'Neill (niamh.oneill@unibas.ch)
Ralph Weber (ralph.weber@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | How do our social, historical and cultural contexts shape our ways of looking at the world and how we produce knowledge? How can we become aware of our positionalities and our patterns of thinking, and the impact these have on how we produce and process knowledge? More specifically, can we appropriately grasp “non-European experiences and facts” while making use of “European terms” or “European concepts”? Does it even make sense to speak of specifically “European” or “non-European” concepts? For students of European Global Studies, these questions are essential for understanding the global diffusion and interaction of ideas and how they are interpreted, critically analysed and applied in practice. This course looks at methodology in humanities and social sciences, focusing on the notion of Eurocentrism. It examines various definitions and critiques of Eurocentrism, providing an overview of the problems attributed to Eurocentrism that various global debates (e.g., world systems theory, postcolonial theory, decolonial discourses) have identified during past decades. Students learn to distinguish between different allegations of Eurocentrism, and to examine the respective validity of these allegations. In a subsequent step, we go further by investigating the critiques of Eurocentrism themselves, and analyse their forcefulness within their political and conceptual contexts. |
| Lernziele | Students will learn to understand some of the many ways Eurocentrism is used in arguments in global debates. The course will familiarise students with leading intellectual voices from around the globe and sensitise them as to how such debates often do not conform to an easy European/non-European dividing line of discourse. At the end of the course, students should not only be able to assess what sort of Eurocentrism is being referred to in a given text, but also to argue why they are against/for a specific kind of Eurocentrism. They should also be able to situate these debates within broader considerations of how knowledge is produced, by whom and for whom. |
| Literatur | The full reading list will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | Europainstitut Basel |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This course is exclusively for students enrolled in the MA programme in European Global Studies and open to Katekisama programme students from partner universities. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 10.15-12.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Donnerstag 19.02.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 26.02.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Fasnachtsferien |
| Donnerstag 05.03.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 12.03.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 19.03.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 26.03.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 02.04.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Ostern |
| Donnerstag 09.04.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 16.04.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 23.04.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 30.04.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 07.05.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 14.05.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Auffahrt |
| Donnerstag 21.05.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 28.05.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Donnerstag 04.06.2026 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Module |
Modul: Methoden der Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Prüfung | Leistungsnachweis |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | On-site exam (closed book) at the end of the semester |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Universität Basel |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Europainstitut |