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| Semester | fall semester 2016 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Kenny R. Cupers (kenny.cupers@unibas.ch)
Manuel Herz (manuel.herz@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Our time is witnessing unprecedented levels of migration and population displacement. This seminar will survey and investigate spaces of refuge and forced migration, contextualizing them within the corresponding discourses of humanitarianism and political philosophy. Specific case studies, taken from throughout the 20th and 21st century, will allow an explicitly spatial, urbanistic and architectural view onto, and critique of, debates such as the “Responsibility to Protect”, development theory, notions of modernism and the refugee regime of UNHCR. |
| Learning objectives | Develop an understanding of contemporary and historical processes of migration, refuge, and encampment, with particular attention to their spatial manifestations. |
| 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: transnational - global (Master's degree program: European History) Modul Culture and Society (Master's degree program: African Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Environment and Development (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul Profil: Geschichte Afrikas (Master's degree program: European History) Modul Raum/Bewegung (Bachelor's degree subject: Social Sciences (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Sachthematische Fragestellungen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Master's degree subject: Social Anthropology (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Arbeit, Migration und Gesellschaft (Master European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Active participation in class discussions based on thorough understanding of the weekly readings; student presentations of selected readings. |
| 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 | Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften |