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52044-01 - Seminar: The Politics of Water in an Arid Environment (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Luregn Lenggenhager (luregn.lenggenhager@unibas.ch)
Giorgio Miescher (giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The threat of “Day Zero” was at the centre of a campaign by the City of Cape Town in 2017/18: The city claimed that if Cape Town’s inhabitants would not drastically reduce their water consumption, the African metropole would run dry and all taps would have to be turned off. The dystopian “Day Zero” scenario did not materialize. Yet, the threat of “Day Zero” was a reminder of Cape Town’s vulnerability as a city located in an arid environment, and the moment of anxiety and uncertainty left deep marks on the collective imagination and raised many questions about resource management: Where does water come from? Who owns water? Who has access to water infrastructure? How does resource availability correlate with and enforce social inequalities? Etc This course looks at the management of water resources in arid areas across Southern Africa. We will look at histories of water, while paying special attention to changing assumptions about the availability and accessibility of water and the political economy of water in the precolonial, colonial and postcolonial eras. Here, we will especially address the question of how growing technological intervention changed the patterns of water management. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte in globaler Perspektive ) Modul: Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2018)) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Fachkompetenz Globaler Wandel (Master Studienfach: Geographie) 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: Profil: Geschichte Afrikas (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2018)) Modul: Profil: Moderne (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2018)) Modul: Projects and Processes of Urbanization (Master Studiengang: Critical Urbanisms) Modul: Resources and Sustainability (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften MA (Master Studienfach: Alte Geschichte) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Bachelor Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschichte) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master Studienfach: Geschichte) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Zentrum für Afrikastudien |