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| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Kanishka Goonewardena (kanishka.goonewardena@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course investigates the relations between colonialism, imperialism and urbanization with special reference to the historical geography of capitalism. In doing so, it will focus on the critical intersections of theories of urbanization, colonialism and imperialism, while devoting close attention to the works of Henri Lefebvre and Raymond Williams on the production of space, country and city; to anti-colonial writers such as Frantz Fanon and Edward Said; and to various radical critics of imperialism and colonialism including Samir Amin, Janet Abu-Lughod and Utsa Patnaik and G. V. S. de Silva. These diverse readings will be complemented by several films and short student presentations on selected topics. The purpose of engaging this range of theories and writers will be to develop an emancipatory understanding of urban issues from a specifically Southern or what used to be called a Third World perspective, with due emphases on such contentious issues as development and underdevelopment, Eurocentrism and Orientalism, universalism and particularity, as well as the challenges of worldwide struggles over national liberation and the right to the city. As such, the course is conceived with two primary learning objectives: first, an awareness of how colonialism, imperialism and urbanization are related within the totality of capitalism; second, an appreciation of the implications of these relations for urban and radical politics. |
| Comments | This course is capped and 30 students will be the maximum with a priority for 2nd Year Critical Urbanisms Master students on timely registration. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | See individual dates | ||
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 12.09.2022 | 09.00-17.00 | Biozentrum, Hörsaal U1.101 |
| Tuesday 13.09.2022 | 09.00-14.00 | Biozentrum, Hörsaal U1.101 |
| Tuesday 13.09.2022 | 14.00-17.00 | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.073 |
| Wednesday 14.09.2022 | 09.00-17.00 | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.073 |
| Thursday 15.09.2022 | 09.00-17.00 | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.073 |
| Friday 16.09.2022 | 09.00-17.00 | Biozentrum, Seminarraum 02.073 |
| Modules |
Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) 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: Kulturtechnische Dimensionen (Master's degree program: Cultural Techniques) 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) Module: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Pass/Fail |
| 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 Urban Studies |