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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Luregn Lenggenhager (luregn.lenggenhager@unibas.ch)
Giorgio Miescher (giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The threat of “Day Zero” was at the centre of a campaign by the City of Cape Town in 2017/18: The city claimed that if Cape Town’s inhabitants would not drastically reduce their water consumption, the African metropole would run dry and all taps would have to be turned off. The dystopian “Day Zero” scenario did not materialize. Yet, the threat of “Day Zero” was a reminder of Cape Town’s vulnerability as a city located in an arid environment, and the moment of anxiety and uncertainty left deep marks on the collective imagination and raised many questions about resource management: Where does water come from? Who owns water? Who has access to water infrastructure? How does resource availability correlate with and enforce social inequalities? Etc This course looks at the management of water resources in arid areas across Southern Africa. We will look at histories of water, while paying special attention to changing assumptions about the availability and accessibility of water and the political economy of water in the precolonial, colonial and postcolonial eras. Here, we will especially address the question of how growing technological intervention changed the patterns of water management. |
| 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 |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Fachkompetenz Globaler Wandel (Master's degree subject: Geography) Modul: Fields: Environment and Development (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Profil: Geschichte Afrikas (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Profil: Moderne (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Vertiefung in Geschichte und Altertumswissenschaften MA (Master's degree subject: Ancient History) Module: Projects and Processes of Urbanization (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) Module: Resources and Sustainability (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| 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 |