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Semester | fall semester 2019 |
Course frequency | Once only |
Lecturers | Elisio Macamo (elisio.macamo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
Content | The seminar engages an important concept in development policy and, by implication, Africa. Probably no concept in recent years has played such an important role not only in framing the perception of Africa, but also in accounting for the present condition of the continent. This makes it absolutely important to train students to critically engage with the role concepts play in shaping perceptions. Students will be encouraged to articulate ideas from the philosophy of language (Paul Grice, John Searle and John Austin) with critical debates both in the field of political sociology and development studies. They will also be invited to explore the distinction between basic and applied research and how it bears on our perceptions of reality. Since the goal is to equip students to engage with how policy issues shape our perception of reality the seminar will also discuss key issues in the study of corruption and how knowledge thereof shapes development policy. |
Bibliography | Austin, J. L., 1962: How to Do Things with Words: The William James Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1955. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Susini, Marie-Laure 2008: Éloge de la corruption – Les incorruptible et leurs corrumpus. Fayard. Paris. Searle, John R. 1996: The Construction of Social Reality. New York. Free Press. Grice, Paul, 1991: Studies in the Way of Words. Boston. Harvard University Press. Escobar, Arturo. 1994. Encountering Development. The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. |
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: Basics: Sociology (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) |
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 | Zentrum für Afrikastudien |