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Universität zu Köln Vorlesungsverzeichnis (generiert, vorläufig) Wintersemester 2012/13
43603 Introduction to Human and Environment Relations in Africa (CEA 1.2)
2 SWS; Vorlesung; Max. Teilnehmer: 40
Do. 12 - 13.30, 106 Seminargebäude, S15 M.Bollig
In this seminar a broad overview over anthropological approaches to social-ecological relations will be
given. The course will be taught partially as a lecture and partially as a seminar. It is intended to discuss
some classical contributions to the field first (Steward, Rappaport) before going to contemporary field
studies and ethnographic contributions.
Master Culture and Environment in Africa: CEA 1.1 (participation/Teilnahme 1 CP)
2-Fach Master Ethnologie PO 2007: MM1 oder MM2 (akt. Teiln. 2 CP).
1-Fach Master Ethnologie PO 2011: EM4 Selbstständige Studien (akt. Teiln. 2 CP).
Magister: Hauptstudium R oder KT (Hauptseminar)
42310 Language transfer and stratigraphy of language contact
2 SWS; Seminar; Max. Teilnehmer: 25
Di. 14 - 15.30, 114 Meister-Ekkehart-Straße 7, Raum I A.Storch
ANRECHNUNG
AT (2 CP) / AT + Hausarbeit (6 CP)
43627 Ethnicity, resources and conflict (CEA 1.5, MM1, MM2)
2 SWS; Seminar; Max. Teilnehmer: 40
Do. 14 - 15.30, 103 Philosophikum, S 57 M.Pelican
This seminar investigates the role of ethnicity in conflict over natural and political resources in Africa. For
long, ethnicity has been a central concept in the anthropology and politics of Africa. In the colonial period,
ethnographic inquiry and administrative control focused on the ‘tribe’ as the primary unit of social and
political organisation. With Africa’s independence, however, emphasis was laid on nation-building, and
‘tribalism’ came to stand for backwardness and parochialism. Yet, with the end of the Cold War and Africa’s
democratisation, ethnicity was reinvigorated in many parts of the continent. Moreover, it has been attributed
a crucial role in the many new conflicts that have emerged over the past decades. In this seminar, we will
pay close attention to anthropological theories of ethnicity in Africa. By looking at a variety of historical and
contemporary case studies, we will try to develop a critical understanding of the causes of conflict, and the
factors that contribute to the conflicts’ ethnicisation. The examples will be drawn from different parts of Africa
and include conflicts of varying scales, such as incidents of genocide and civil war as well as conflicts over
crop damage and religious difference.
The seminar will bring together theoretical perspectives and illustrative case material. For each session
students will read a compulsory text, in addition to which one or two case studies will be presented. Each
student is expected to present a case study based on the available literature. A detailed schedule of the
seminar will be provided in the first session.
Master Culture and Environment in Africa: Module 1.5 (act. participation 2 CP, or oral presentation/exam 4
CP, or written presentation/exam 4 CP).
Master Ethnologie PO 2007: MM 1 oder MM 2 (Kurzreferat u. Hausarbeit 5 CP oder akt. Teiln. 2 CP)
Master Ethnologie PO 2011: MM1 oder MM2 (Ref. mit schriftl. Ausarbeitung 6 CP oder akt. Teiln. 3 CP)
Magister: Hauptseminar KT
Recommended literature:
Amselle, Jean-Loup. 1998. Mestizio Logics: anthropology of identity in Africa and elsewhere. Stanford:
Stanford University Press.
Berman, Bruce, Eyoh Dickson and Will Kymlika (eds.). 2004. Ethnicity and democracy in
Africa.Oxford:James Currey.
Comaroff, John. 1995. Ethnicity, nationalism and the politics of difference in an age of revolution. In: John
Comaroff and Paul Stern (eds.). 1995. Perspectives on nationalism and war. Gordon & Breach publishers.
pp. 243-276.
de la Gorgendière, Louise, Kenneth King and Sarah Vaughan (eds.). 1996. Ethnicity in Africa. Roots,
meanings and implications. Edinburgh: Centre of African studies.
Geschiere, Peter. 2009. The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and
Europe.Chicago:University of Chicago Press.
Kuper, Adam 2003: The Return of the Native. Current Anthropology 44(3):389 – 395, 400 – 401.
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