300070 Social Anthropology and Issues of Development (S) (WiSe 2018/2019)

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In this seminar, we will use social anthropological approaches and theories to examine a number of key development issues such as poverty, consumption, and gender. Development here is broadly defined as mediated social changes resulting from planned interventions such as, government programs and policies, or a broader range of causal forces. We shall focus on contexts in which there is a high concentration of disadvantaged people and places, regardless of whether these are located in the Global South or Global North. The seminar will familiarize students with how social anthropologists approach and analyse selected development issues and how they generate insights for understanding them. It will also broaden your set of conceptual and analytical tools, and enable you to perform your own anthropological analyses of development issues.

Learning objectives:
- Students acquire in-depth understanding of selected issues of development.
- Students are exposed to a range of theories to understand these issues.
- Students are acquainted with anthropological approaches to these issues.
Key skills to develop:
• Discussion skills: able to present ideas clearly, formulate a coherent argument, respond to other ideas constructively, and develop confidence in one’s ability to engage with other people in a discussion.
• Reading skills: able to prepare for the weekly seminars and the essay, identify key arguments and evidence used in a piece of writing and then critically appraising them.
• Writing skills: able to prepare an essay, including the abilities to identify a relevant topic and synthesize academic sources, and construct an original and well-presented argument.
• Self-reliance: able to manage time efficiently and be sufficiently reliable for group work, and to independently locate, evaluate, and use anthropological literature.
• Group work: able to prepare presentations, organize meetings of group members, constructively collaborate, and fully and equally participate.
• Presentation skills: able to synthesize information into a short presentation, present information or ideas convincingly, and develop confidence in speaking to groups of people.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

The seminar is suitable for MA students with some background knowledge of development issues. The reading list contains a number of references for you to begin with, but you are expected to independently locate relevant material, and to find literature on regions or topics of particular interest to you for your coursework. Apart from a number of journal articles, we try to make the Introduction of the books on the key readings list available – these books will be reserved in the library. The additional reading lists contain important references on the topics (also from other disciplines) for you to consult further in preparing your presentation and/or essay – in fact, you might find some key ideas there. In order to best understand the anthropological approach, you should read a number of the ethnographic monographs from cover to cover − the motto is: read, read, and read! It is also highly important for you to attend all seminar sessions in order to benefit from each other’s inputs and develop a sense of how different issues relate to each other.

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Literature: See course schedule

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Fachzuordnungen

Modul Veranstaltung Leistungen  
30-M-Soz-M8a Soziologie der globalen Welt a Seminar 1 Studienleistung
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Seminar 2 Studienleistung
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- benotete Prüfungsleistung Studieninformation
30-M-Soz-M8b Soziologie der globalen Welt b Seminar 1 Studienleistung
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Seminar 2 Studienleistung
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- benotete Prüfungsleistung Studieninformation

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Assessments

You are expected to fulfil one or both of the two components of the course (depending on your personal needs for module completion):
1. Studienleistung: You will work (individually or in group, depending on the number of students) on a presentation and present it to the class for discussion. Your presentation should analyze a development problem in a particular context as a basis to identify the lessons learned on a larger development issue (for example the displacement of local people as a result of urbanization in Ho Chi Minh City, and how it relates to urbanization more generally). The presentation will take place at the beginning of the seminar and should be 30 minutes long. The presentation is expected to meet the following criteria: 1) Clear coverage of the problem 2) Good examples 3) Balance of contribution by presenters 4) Quality of discussion stimulated.
2. Hausarbeit: You will write an essay on how social anthropology contributes to the understanding of a particular development issue. Your essay should be between 6000 to 6500 words and will be guided by the following question: What does social anthropology tells us about [insert your development issue here]? You must use ethnographic examples or case studies to develop your arguments. Also, make clear what an anthropological approach adds to the understanding of the development issue considered. Essays will be assessed based on the quality of your reading, writing, and analysis. You should pay attention to formatting and referencing – careless treatment of these will lead to mark reduction. Originality and creativity will be valued. If you want to discuss your essay outline, please come to my office hour (Tuesdays 5-6pm). The deadline for submitting the essay is March 30th.

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Letzte Änderung Grunddaten/Lehrende:
Mittwoch, 17. April 2019 
Letzte Änderung Zeiten:
Montag, 5. November 2018 
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Montag, 5. November 2018 
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