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| Semester | spring semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Lucy Koechlin (lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Anthropology has long struggled with adequately capturing and conceptualising violence. This blind spot has been addressed in the last few decades, seeking to understand social and societal violence in more systemic ways. Influential contributions include Pierre Bourdieu's notion of "symbolic violence", i.e. invisible forms of violence that are underscored by dominant values, practices and structures. In the wake of the violent regional and national reconfigurations of the post-Cold War, anthropologists have turned their attention to developing concepts and methodologies to capture the meanings and interpretations of people engaged in and affected by violence. In addition, a growing body of work questions the role of anthropologists themselves as "silent witnesses" of violence, observing but not engaging. In this seminar, we will cut through conceptual distinctions and explore anthropologies of violence through a series of ethnographic texts. These are loosely chronological; the ethnographic material and the anthropological sense made of it are irritating and illuminating at the same time. |
| Bibliography | Accomazzo, Sarah. 2012. Anthropology of Violence: Historical and Current Theories, Concepts, and Debates in Physical and Socio-cultural Anthropology. Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment 22(5): 535-552. Krohn-Hansen, Christian. 1994. The Anthropology of Violent Interaction. Journal of Anthropological Research 50(4): 367-381. |
| 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". |
| 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: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| 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 |