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71016-01 - Seminar: Diversity, Inclusion and the Politics of Liberation (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Henri-Michel Yéré (h.yere@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), as a concept and practice has developed a wide appeal, especially on the part of businesses, governments, universities, and cultural institutions seeking to ensure a certain degree of fairness in their hiring and promotion processes. This appeal implies the recognition of persistent inequalities pertaining to race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, among other lines of tension at work within contemporary Western societies. In this class, we would like to explore the origins of the concept and practice. We will explore the spaces in which DEI has been deployed as a tool for action: notably, in business environments, in healthcare, in culture. We will try and understand the ways in which these efforts have expressed themselves in these different areas, and the extent to which one can evaluate (or not) the outcome of such engagements. We will do so by asking the question of DEI's relationship to the struggles for a global recognition of citizenship rights which have been the hallmark of the post-World War II Decolonisation Movement, the Civil Rights' Movement in the United States of America, and the Women's Liberation Movement. Is DEI a neo-libreal 'translation' of these historic struggles? Which dimensions of the struggles for global citizenship have survived in contemporary practices of DEi work? Can the multiple calls for 'decolonisation' be equated to the objectives pursued by DEI practitioners? The course will be an opportunity to engage in the literature on the topic of DEI, of decolonisation, of the history of the above-mentioned citizenship struggles as well. We will engage directly with DEI practitioners whom we will have as guest contributors to the class. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14-täglich | Friday | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 01.03.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Friday 15.03.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Friday 22.03.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Friday 29.03.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Ostern |
| Friday 05.04.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Friday 12.04.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | --, -- |
| Friday 26.04.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Friday 03.05.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Friday 10.05.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Auffahrt |
| Friday 17.05.2024 | 10.15-14.00 | Soziologie, Hörsaal 215 |
| Modules |
Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor's degree subject: Sociology) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) Module: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Public Health and Social Life (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) Specialization Module Global Europe: Work, Migration and Society (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 Soziologie |