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78230-01 - Seminar: Global Transformations (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2026 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Elisio Macamo (elisio.macamo@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This research lab offers students the opportunity to conduct an ethnography of a major international conference, jointly organized by the Swiss and German African Studies Associations. Using the conference African Perspectives on Global Transformations as a field site, students will explore how academic communities are formed, how vocabularies of belonging circulate, and how knowledge is performed, contested, and institutionalized. The lab is both methodological and reflexive: students will learn techniques of event ethnography while critically examining their own roles as emerging scholars in African Studies. The course combines preparatory workshops, field research during the conference, and collective reflection afterwards. Key Questions: • How do participants present themselves as “African Studies scholars”? • What vocabularies and keywords organize inclusion, belonging, and authority? • How is the conference collaboratively constructed through rituals, materials, and performances? • What forms of exclusion or limitation (e.g. funding, visas, languages) shape participation? |
| Lernziele | By the end of the lab, students will: • Gain practical experience in ethnographic methods for short-term, intensive events. • Develop critical awareness of how knowledge is produced, performed, and politicized in African Studies. • Reflect on their own scholarly identities and positionalities within global knowledge production. |
| Bemerkungen | Structure (Fortnightly) 1. Conferences as Field Sites – ethnography of academic rituals 2. Methods of Event Ethnography – observation, fieldnotes, ethics 3. Vocabularies and Belonging – keywords and discourses 4. Performing Scholarly Selves – legitimacy, identity, performance 5. Inclusion & Exclusion – infrastructures, barriers, global hierarchies 6. Designing Mini-Projects – individual/group project planning 7. Preparing for the Field – toolkits, strategies, logistics [Conference African Perspectives on Global Transformations 26.-28.08.2026] 8. Debrief & Reflection – sharing findings, mini-conference (post conference) |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14-täglich | Dienstag | 14.00-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Dienstag 17.02.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 03.03.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 17.03.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 31.03.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 14.04.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 28.04.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 12.05.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Dienstag 26.05.2026 | 14.00-16.00 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Module |
Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Environment and Development (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Interdisciplinary and Applied African Studies (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | • Individual or group mini-ethnographies (5–10 pages) • Collective synthesis (blog, booklet, or poster session) • Reflexive presentations in a student-led “conference about the conference” |
| 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 |