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67952-01 - Seminar: Global South Theory and Methodology (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Kaue Felipe Nogarotto Crima Bellini (k.crimabellini@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Sindi-Leigh McBride (s.mcbride@unibas.ch) |
| Content | ‘Global South’ as a critical concept was traditionally used within intergovernmental development organizations to refer to economically disadvantaged nation-states, a post-cold war alternative to ‘Third World.” Today, however, it is employed in a post-national sense to address spaces and peoples negatively impacted by contemporary capitalist globalization. Critical scholarship under this rubric includes studying power and racialization within global capitalism in ways that transcend the traditional nation-state as the unit of comparative analysis or relations among subaltern groups across national, linguistic, racial, and ethnic lines. The course is divided into three blocks. In the first, we offer an introductory bibliography for those new to the concept and its history. In the second, we draw on scholarship from the fields of African Studies, Anthropology and others to offer students insights into relevant theories. In the third, we invite an inquiry into existing methodological approaches, with students encouraged to discover and share new methods of relevance to their particular research topics. In all three blocks, guest speakers from the Global South will be invited to reflect and engage with students. |
| Learning objectives | Participants will read theories by Global South scholars working in and across disciplines and develop a theoretical understanding of the Global South as a critical concept. In addition, they will be exposed to a diverse range of research methodologies that have practical benefits for those working within the Global South and those interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of epistemic geographies. |
| Bibliography | Wolvers, A., Tappe, O., Salverda, T., & Schwarz, T. (2015). “Concepts of the Global South – Voices from around the world.” Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Germany Cooper, A. (2022) “Why, When and How the Global South Became Relevant”, Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies dos Santos Soares, M. (2019). "On the Colonial Past of Anthropology: Teaching Race and Coloniality in the Global South" Humanities 8, no. 2: 88. de Sousa Santos, B. (2018). “On Nonextractivist Methodologies”, The end of the cognitive empire: the coming of age of epistemologies of the south. Duke University Press. |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited to 25 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to the subjects listed under "modules". |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Monday | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 20.02.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 27.02.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Fasnachstferien |
| Monday 06.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 13.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 20.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 27.03.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 03.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 10.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ostern |
| Monday 17.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 24.04.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 01.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Tag der Arbeit |
| Monday 08.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 15.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 22.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 29.05.2023 | 10.15-12.00 | Pfingstmontag |
| Modules |
Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Methoden der Near & Middle Eastern Studies und der Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Master's degree subject: Near & Middle Eastern Studies) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Sachthemen (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Module: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| 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 | Fachbereich Ethnologie |