| Dozent/in |
Dr. phil. Faduma Abukar Mursal |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Proseminar |
| Code |
FS261439 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2026 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Ethnologie |
| Studienstufe |
Bachelor |
| Termin/e |
wöchentlich (Di), ab 17.02.2026, 12:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B51 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
wöchentlich |
| Inhalt |
Who 'has' power and why? Why do citizens often choose political representatives who clearly do not represent their interests? How and why do people allow themselves to be led? What is considered legal and what is illegal - and what are the consequences of this? What role does the state play in this, and where is the state even located? How do societies deal with inequality? What is the impact of experiencing violence, and is there such a thing as 'ethnic' conflict? Anthropology offers specific approaches to these and other important and always relevant political questions, which we will explore in this course. By the end of the course, you will have a wide range of critical anthropological concepts and will be able to apply them to current social issues, in your further studies and in your professional life. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Anmeldung |
***Important*** In order to acquire credits, it is mandatory to register for the course via the UniPortal. Registration opens two weeks before and ends two weeks after the start of the semester. Registrations and cancellations are no longer possible after this period. The exact registration dates can be found here: http://www.unilu.ch/ksf/semesterdaten |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Aktive Teilnahme / 4 Credits
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| Hörer-/innen |
Nach Vereinbarung |
| Kontakt |
faduma.abukar@unilu.ch |
| Literatur |
Gledhill, John. 2000. Introduction: locating the political — a political anthropology for today, In Power and Its Disguises. Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London, Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press. (1-22)
Gluckman, Max 2005 [1940]. “‘The Bridge’: Analysis of a Social Situation in Zululand Gluckman. In The Anthropology of Politics. A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique edited by David Nugent and Joan Vincent, Oxford, Blackwell: 53-58 (5pp).
Trouillot, Michel-Rolph 2001. “The Anthropology of the State in the Age of Globalization,” Current Anthropology, 42(1): 125-138.
David Graeber, ‘Dead zones of the imagination: On violence, bureaucracy and interpretive labor: The Malinowski Memorial Lecture, 2006’. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2012 2:2, 105-128
Bhatia et al (2023) Protests, Internet shutdowns, and disinformation in a transitioning state, in Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 45(6) 1101–1118.
Green, Linda. 1994. ‘Fear as a Way of Life’. Cultural Anthropology 9 (2): 227–56.
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