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77625-01 - Colloquium: Anthropological Crossroads (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2026 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | George-Paul Meiu (gp.meiu@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The weekly colloquium in social anthropology explores ways of using the ethnographic imagination to better understand the contemporary world order and its shifting cultural, political, and economic trends. Recent ethnographies of late capitalism depict the intersection of main road arteries in urban landscapes as key sites for the imagination, contestation, and actualization of various kinds of new worlds. Our colloquium borrows this idea of the “crossroad” as a locus of myriad actual and virtual possibilities to build a space dedicated to emerging forms of ethnographic imagination. Located on a tri-state boarder, where Anglophone, Francophone, German and other anthropological communities of debate intersect, the colloquium of the Basel Institute of Social Anthropology sets in dialogue scholarship from the global North and the global South, scholarly and public settings, the discipline’s core and its margins. |
| Comments | It is possible to attend individual sessions without being enrolled for this course. |
| Admission requirements | Participants in the colloquium are expected to attend class regularly and participate in the discussion following each presentation. Evaluation for this class is exclusively based on attendance. Therefore, attendance is mandatory. If you need to miss a class, exceptionally, please contact the professor in advance. Please note: Students who miss more than two classes cannot pass this course. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 18.02.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 25.02.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Fasnachtsferien |
| Wednesday 04.03.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 11.03.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 18.03.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 25.03.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 01.04.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 08.04.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 15.04.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 22.04.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 29.04.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 06.05.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 13.05.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 20.05.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 27.05.2026 | 16.15-18.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Modules |
African Studies: Recommendations (PhD subject: African Studies) History: Recommendations (PhD subject: History) Modul: Ethnographic Research with Field Trip (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Forschung (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Methoden und Felder der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Research Lab Kulturanthropologie (Master's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Theorien der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Theorien und Methodologien der Kulturanthropologie (Master's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Module: Changing Societies Lab (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: Europeanization and Globalization (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Research Skills (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| 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 |