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75945-01 - Lecture: Thinking (Further) Through Materialities (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Alain Müller (alain.mueller@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Marion Schulze (marion.schulze@unibas.ch) |
| Content | The lecture series “Thinking (further) Through Materialities” builds on the 2023 edition "Thinking through Materialities: Insights from and for Gender Studies and Cultural Anthropology". It continues to explore how "matter comes to matter," and related questions: How can social scientific thinking (re)engage with materialities and repopulate the social with what has long been its "missing masses"? How can practices—such as sciences, crafts, or arts—that are both enacting and embedded within materialities, inform new approaches within the social sciences? And more fundamentally, how can they contribute to reflect upon the often-unrecognized materialities in which social scientific thinking itself is embedded? |
| Learning objectives | Students are introduced to contemporary research tackling the issue of materialities from an interdisciplinary social science perspective through engaging and interactive 45min - 1hr lectures given by internationally renowned researchers. Students learn to engage with the lecturers by asking questions. |
| Bibliography | To be announced at the beginning of the semester. |
| Course application | Belegen über services.unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 17.09.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | - Online Präsenz -, Einführungssitzung, findet eventuell per Zoom statt. |
| Wednesday 24.09.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 01.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 08.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 15.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 22.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 29.10.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 05.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 12.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 19.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 26.11.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 03.12.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 10.12.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Wednesday 17.12.2025 | 16.15-18.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 116 |
| Modules |
Modul: Einführung in Theorien der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Grundlagen der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Materialitäten (Master's degree program: Cultural Techniques) Modul: Methoden und Felder der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Research Lab Kulturanthropologie (Master's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theorien der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Theorien der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Theorien und Methodologien der Kulturanthropologie (Master's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Vertiefung Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Module: Changing Societies Lab (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Regular and active participation; Mandatory reading and writing assignments. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaft und Europäische Ethnologie |