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25544-01 - Seminar: Technology and Society in Africa (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2010 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Elisio Macamo (elisio.macamo@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This seminar introduces students to the sociology of technology in general and brings its insights to bear on the study of society in Africa. The seminar aims at encouraging students to regard technological artefacts in Africa as constitutive of everyday life practices in ways that are relevant to an understanding of the phenomena of order, stability, change and conflict. The course will start by reviewing major lines of thought and inquiry in the sociological study of technology and will identify themes to be looked at in more detail against the background of the structure of African societies today. It will go on to impress upon participating students the need to see technological artefacts and the way individuals cope with them in African settings as important sources of insight into the nature of social relationships and the structure of everyday life on the continent. |
| Lernziele | Students - have knowledge of key theoretical and conceptual elements in the sociology of technology; - are able to relate the sociology of technology to the study of social phenomena in Africa; - have an understanding of the relevance of technological artefacts to an understanding of society in Africa. |
| Literatur | Lienhard, John H. 2003: Inventing Modern Growing up with X-rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins, Oxford University Press. Menck, Karl Wolfgang (ed.) 1988: Challenges for science and technology promotion in Africa: problems, priorities and actions, Bonn, DSE Patterson, R. (ed.) 1999: Science and technology in Southern Africa and East and South Asia, Brill. Reed, Isaac & Alexander, Jeffrey, C. (eds.) 2009: Meaning and Method The Cultural Approach to Sociology. Paradigm Publishers. Stamp, Patricia 1989: Technology, gender, and power in Africa / Patricia Stamp. Ottawa, International Development Research Centre, cop. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Regionalthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master Studienfach: Ethnologie) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Wirtschaft, Wissen und Kultur (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Essay |
| 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 | Institut für Soziologie |