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| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Brigit Obrist van Eeuwijk (brigit.obrist@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Pacific island societies are relatively small and rich in diversity. They are organized in 15 states with a total population of about 40 million people scattered over a vast ocean. In the past decades, political boundaries have become permeable to flows of goods, people and ideas. At the same time, there is increased awareness from Hawai‘i to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea of the historical and current linkages with other island societies of the Pacific region. The seminar starts with a broad overview of the region from a culture-historic perspective and then zooms in on ethnographic approaches to selected island societies, examining present and future challenges like demographic and urban growth, resource exploitation and strong reliance on development aid in comparative perspective. |
| Learning objectives | - An overview over the contemporary Pacific societies - An understanding of culture-historic connections - A critical awareness of present and future challenges |
| Bibliography | Rapaport, Moshe. The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, Revised Edition. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2013. Project MUSE, https://muse.jhu.edu/book/23386 |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited to 30 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to the subjects listed under "Modules". |
| Course application | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| 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: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | - Group work - Individual essay |
| 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 |