851-0101-07L Science and Colonialism
Semester | Spring Semester 2015 |
Lecturers | H. Fischer-Tiné |
Periodicity | two-yearly recurring course |
Course | Does not take place this semester. |
Language of instruction | German |
Abstract | The course explores the multifaceted entanglements between inperialism and science. It provides a detailed anlaysis of the relevance colonial constellations had for the rise of disciplines such as geography, anthropology, botany, tropical medicine, "race science", etc. |
Objective | This course is designed to enable students to critically contextualise the production of scientific and technological knowledge. Besides, it aims at making them understand complex theory-oriented writings in the humanities and social sciences and become acquainted with the method of advanced historical source analysis. |
Literature | INTRODUCTORY LITERATURE: COHN, Bernard, Colonialism and its Forms of Know¬ledge The British in India, Delhi 1997, S. 3-15. BALLANTYNE, Tony, ‘Colonial Knowledge’, in: S. Stockwell (Hg.), The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives, Malden-Oxford-Carlton, 2008, S. 177-197. FISCHER-TINE, Harald, Pidgin-Knowledge: Wissen und Kolonialismus, Zürich-Berlin 2013. |
Prerequisites / Notice | A detailed syllabus will be available from Feb 15th 2015 at Link |