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74706-01 - Seminar: Displacement, Violence and Belonging (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | |
| Content | This seminar course critically examines the complex dynamics of human displacement, focusing on the intricate relationships between violence, movement, and social identity. The course provides a rigorous academic exploration of how forced migration fundamentally transforms individual and collective experiences of space, community, and belonging. Likewise, we will consider the emotional, material, and symbolical elements central to belonging, asking what it means one feels “at home’ in a world that tends to be mobile and ever-changing. The objective of this course is thus to enrich our perspective on displacement as something which by nature goes beyond geography or geopolitics and engages with anthropological notions of home, identity, and communality. Among the topics of the research are the role of materiality, religion, and memory in experiencing dislocation and also the temporal and spatial dimensions of the migration itself. Topics such as settler colonialism, the creation of "home" in exile, and the intersections of dispossession, property rights, and collective memory are explored to illuminate the structural and symbolic dimensions of violence. Case studies undertaken in diffrent contexts – from Indigenous dispossession to Eastern Europe's contemporary crisis – bring forward the agency of displaced peoples in constructing alternate cultural landscapes. By synthesizing ethnographic insights with broader theoretical debates, students will deepen their understanding of how displacement challenges and and redefines notions of belonging in the world of motion. |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited to 25 students. 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 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 17.02.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 24.02.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 03.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 10.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Fasnachstferien |
| Monday 17.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 24.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 31.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 07.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 14.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 21.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ostern |
| Monday 28.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 05.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 12.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 19.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 26.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Modules |
Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul: Gesellschaft in Osteuropa (Bachelor's degree subject: Eastern European Cultures) 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) |
| 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 |