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78278-01 - Übung: Palestine: Inter-Imperiality, Fossil Capitalism, Climate Change (And Why It Matters Beyond Liberal Humanitarianism) (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2026 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Andreea-Florentina Midvighi (andreea.midvighi@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The main aims of this course are to counter de-historicized perspectives on Palestine revolving around purported “humanitarianism”, as well as epistemic injustices that omit engaging with the “matrix of anti-Muslim racism” (Deepa Kumar), the history of fossil capitalism, the history of the “Middle East” region, ongoing labour colonialities, as well as the already-happening climate change crisis and ecocide. The relational theoretical frameworks underlying this grounded analysis encompass racial capitalism, Critical Muslim Studies, and inter-imperiality, among others. After discussing the context, I will also zoom in on my research with Palestinian double-refugees from the Yarmouk camp in Syria who are now living in Sweden. Employing collaborative visual ethnography, I examine forms of transnational heritage, cultural resistance, counter-archives, and the ways in which the camp continues to exist in their imaginary as a space of resistance despite urbicide. While upholding the values of academic freedom, pedagogical rigor, and the necessity of critical inquiry into ongoing global issues, the goal of the course is not to avoid politics, but to analyze them academically. The topics I am proposing require a study of the politics of the region, analyzing power dynamics, international law, and competing narratives. Moreover, the lectures and discussions will follow a scholarly tradition of rigorous and evidence-based inquiry into critical and sensitive topics, engaging with academic literature, historical documents, and diverse viewpoints surrounding the subjects. |
| Lernziele | ● provide a grounded, contextualized, historicized analysis of Palestine ● engage with Palestine as the epicentre of the world when it comes to international relations, fossil capitalism, relational racial regimes, and climate change, among other ● understand the history of the weaponization of “antisemitism” and its conflation with “anti-zionism” ● understand how knowledge production is legitimising worldviews producing inequalities and injustice ● support in developing methodological and analytical skills ● reflect on the role of Academia as one of the main loci of knowledge production |
| Literatur | Texts will be provided on ADAM before each session. Main references are: Malm A. The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth. Verso, 2024. Hanieh A., Knox R., Ziadah R. Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine. Verso, 2025. Gendzier I. Dying to Forget: Oil, Power, Palestine, and the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East. Columbia University Press, 2015. Tatour L., Ronit Lentin R (eds.) Race and the Question of Palestine. Stanford University Press, 2025. Kumar D. Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: 20 years after 9/11. Verso, 2021. Kundani A. What is Anti-Racism and Why It Means Anti-capitalism?. Verso, 2023. Robson L. Human Capital: A history of putting refugees to work. Verso, 2023. Fricker M. Epistemic Injustice. Power and the Ethics of Knowing. Oxford University Press, 2007. El-Akkad O. One day, everyone will have always been against this. Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. El-Kurd M. Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal. Haymarket Books, 2025. Khalili L. Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy. Profile Books, 2025. Kanafani G. Men in the Sun and other Palestinian Stories. Lynne Rienner, 1999. Clarno A. Neoliberal Apartheid: Palestine/Israel and South Africa after 1994. The University of Chicago Press, 2017. Goldberg D.-T. The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism. Blackwell Publishing, 2009. Gross M., McGoey L. (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Routledge, 2023. Cox E., Durrant S., Farrier D., Stonebridge L., Woolley A. (eds.) Refugee Imaginaries: Research Across the Humanities. Edinburgh University Press, 2020. Ivasiuc A. Palestine as Method: A Public Methodology Against Empire. Public Anthropologist, May 2025. 7(2):345-371. Doyle L. Inter-imperiality: Vying Empires, Gendered Labour, and the Literary Arts of Alliance. Duke University Press, 2020. Sayyid S. Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonisation and World Order. Hurst & Company, 2014. From economy of occupation to economy of genocide – (A/HRC/59/23) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Krause, U. Colonial roots of the 1951 Refugee Convention and its effects on the global refugee regime. Journal of International Relations and Development. 2021. 24:599–626. Moses D. The Problem of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression. Cambridge University Press, 2021. Alnaouq A., Bailey P. (eds.) We Are Not Numbers. Penguin, 2025. Shehadeh R., Johnson P. Forgotten. Profile Books, 2025. Mishra P. The World After Gaza. Fern Press, 2025. Thomson S., Olsen P.V. Palestine in the World: International Solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Movement. I.B. Tauris, 2023. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Course places are reserved for students of Changing Societies and Critical Urbanism; any remaining places will be allocated according to the date of registration. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 12.15-13.45 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Mittwoch 18.02.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 25.02.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Fasnachtswoche |
| Mittwoch 04.03.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 11.03.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 18.03.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 25.03.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 01.04.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 08.04.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 15.04.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 22.04.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 29.04.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 06.05.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 13.05.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 20.05.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Mittwoch 27.05.2026 | 12.15-13.45 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 115 |
| Module |
Modul: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: The Urban across Disciplines (Master Studiengang: Critical Urbanisms) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Pass/Fail |
| 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 | Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften |