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22868-01 - Seminar: Urban Sociology in Africa (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2009 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Elisio Macamo (elisio.macamo@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This seminar introduces students to key approaches in urban sociology and seeks to make them relevant to the study and analysis of urban life forms and structures in Africa. The seminar starts with a historical overview which centres on the contributions of Max Weber and Georg Simmel and how these were taken up by the Chicago School of sociology to build an impressive conceptual and theoretical apparatus that informed sociological theory over many decades. The seminar then discusses major theoretical approaches in urban sociology and articulates them with issues in macro-sociology, especially as these refer to the ways in which aspects of social life in non-Western societies have been studied. Finally, the seminar considers empirical literature on urban life in Africa and discusses it with reference to the analytical concerns of urban sociology. |
| Lernziele | At the end of the seminar students should be acquainted with the (i) central themes of urban sociology in the perspective of the classics, (ii) the main theoretical approaches and the way they can be deployed to describe and analyze urban life forms and (iii) how to apply these to an understanding of the theoretical and methodological challenges posed by African urban forms. |
| Literatur | Beuachemin, C. & Bocquier, Ph., 2004: Migration and Urbanisation in Francophone West Africa: An Overview of the Recent Empirical Evidence. Urban Studies, 41, Nr.11, Pp.2245-2272. Flanagan, William G. 1990: Urban Sociology Images and Structure. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Gutkind, Peter C.W. 1974: Urban Anthropology Perspectives on Third World Urbanization and Urbanism. Assen: VanGorcum. Holton, R.J. 1986: Cities, Capitalism and Civilization. London: Allen & Unwin. King, Anthony, D. 1991: Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-Economy cultural and Spatial Foundations of the World Urban System. London: Routledge. Njoh, Ambe J. 2007: Planning Power town Planning and Social Control in Colonial Africa. Milton Park, UCL Press. Park, Robert E. and Burgess, Ernest W., McKenzie, Roderick D. 1974: The City. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago. Potts, D. 2005: Counter-Urbanisation on the Zambian Copperbelt? Interpretations and Implications. Urban Studies, 42, Nr.4, Pp.583-609. Salm, S.J. & Falola, T., (eds.) 2005: African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. Savage, Mike, Warde, Alan & Ward, Kevin 2003: Urban Sociology, Capitalism and Modernity. Houndmills. Palgrave Macmillan. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Sound knowledge of English |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Geisteswissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeit (Master Sustainable Development 05) Modul Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Wirtschaft, Kultur und Wissen (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wirtschaft, Politik und Entwicklung (Master Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Wirtschaft, Wissen und Kultur (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Regular attendance and active participation, giving one presentation; students should write an assignment of no more than 15 pages |
| 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 | Afrika |