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| Semester | spring semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Sindi-Leigh McBride (s.mcbride@unibas.ch) |
| Content | This course uses philosopher Miranda Fricker’s book Epistemic Injustice as a starting point to explore knowledge production in African Studies. According to Fricker, there are two kinds of epistemic injustice: testimonial injustice, which involves issues of credibility (for example, like when the police don’t believe someone because they are black); and hermeneutic injustice, which involves gaps in interpretive frameworks (for example, when someone experiences sexual harassment in a culture that doesn’t have a critical concept for it). We’ll work through the book together and each student is expected to bring a topic or issue that they want to investigate so that we have a range of case studies for exploring the politics of knowledge production. We’ll also engage with literatures that offer some tools to transcend these injustices because the goal of the course is to collectively interrogate biases in knowledge systems, and to practically imagine ways of overcoming these biases. MA students in African Studies are the target, but students from all disciplines are welcome. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 23.02.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 02.03.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 09.03.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Fasnachtsferien |
| Wednesday 16.03.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 23.03.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 30.03.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 06.04.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 13.04.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 20.04.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 27.04.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 04.05.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 11.05.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 18.05.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 25.05.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Wednesday 01.06.2022 | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
| Modules |
Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Master's degree subject: History) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Module: Changing Societies Lab (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Weekly readings and short written assignments |
| 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 |